Diadem Class cruisers of the Royal
Navy. 
Cruisers in the class were HMS Amphitrite, HMS Diadem, HMS
Andromeda, HMS Argonaut, HMS Ariadne, HMS Europa, HMS Niobe and HMS Spartiate
HMS Amphitrite,
photographed 1904.
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| HMS Amphitrite |
5th January 1898 |
Sold for scrapping 12th April
1920. |
| HMS Andromeda |
30th April 1897 |
Used for harbour service
September 1913 then sold August 1920. |
| HMS Argonaut |
24th January 1898 |
Used for harbour service 1916
then sold May 1920. |
| HMS Ariadne |
22nd April 1898 |
Sunk by torpedo 26th July
1917. |
| HMS Diadem |
21st October 1896 |
Used for harbour service 1918
then sold for scrap 9th May 1921. |
| HMS Europa |
20th March 1897 |
Sold 15th September 1920. |
| HMS Niobe |
20th February 1897 |
Used by Royal Canadian Navy
1910, then used for harbour service October 1915 and eventually broken up
1922. |
| HMS Spartiate |
27th October 1898 |
Used for harbour service 1913
then sold July 1932. |
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HMS Amphitrite |
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The Amphitrite ready to be Launched |
The Stern of the Amphitrite |
The Launch of the Amphitrite, 5th January 1898 |
HMS Amphitrite. Contributed
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HMS Andromeda |
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HMS Andromeda, 1899.
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HMS Andromeda c.1905 |
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HMS Argonaut |
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HMS
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The fourth “Argonaut” is a 16-gun twin-screw
cruiser, launched at Govan in 1898.
She is of 11,000 tons, 18,000 horsepower, and 20.8 knots speed. Her length, bema, and draught were 435ft, 69ft, and 25ft. This
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HMS Argonaut, 1915.
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HMS Ariadne |
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HMS
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The sixth “Ariadne” is a 16-gun twin-screw
cruiser, launched at Clydebank in 1898.
She is of 11,000 tons, 18,000 horsepower, and 21 knots speed.
Her length, beam, and draught were 435ft, 69ft, and 25ft.
In 1902 the “Ariadne,” commanded by Captain Montagu
E. Browning, and flying the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir A.L. Douglas,
controlled the arrangements of the blockade of the mostly at Trinidad,
the active work of the blockade being entrusted to Commodore R. A. J.
Montgomerie, with his broad pennant in “Charybdis.” |
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 In 1902 HMS Ariadne was the flagship on the North America and West
Indies Station, where she flew the flag of Vice-Admiral A L Douglas, whose
portrait is shown in the top right of the photograph. The Ariadne was an
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HMS Diadem |
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HMS Diadem, 1898.
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Captain Harry S F Niblett of the first-class cruiser
HMS Diadem surrounded by his officers c.1900. |
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HMS
Diadem - Name History |
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The fourth “DIADEM” is a 16-gun twin-screw cruiser
launched at Govan in 1896. She
is of 11,000 tons, 16,500 horse-power, and 20 knots speed.
Her length, beam, and draught were 435ft., 69ft., and 26ft. |
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