HMS Diamond (D35)

	HMS Diamond, July 1952
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Diamond
Ordered	24 January 1945
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Yard number	632
Laid down	15 March 1949
Launched	14 June 1950
Commissioned	21 February 1952
Identification	Pennant number: D35
Motto	Honor clarissima gemma; (Latin: "Honour is the brightest jewel");
Fate	Scrapped at Rainham, Kent, 12 November 1981
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type	Daring-class destroyer
Displacement	Standard: 2,830 tons, full load: 3,820 tons
Length	391 ft (119 m)
Beam	43 ft (13 m)
Draught	22.6 ft (6.9 m)
Propulsion	54,000 shp (40 MW); 2 × Foster Wheeler boilers (650 psi, 850 °F); 2 × Parsons steam turbines; 2 × shafts;
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h)
Range	4,400 nautical miles (8,100 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	Approximately 300
Sensors and ; processing systems	Radar Type 293Q target indication; Radar Type 291 air warning; Radar Type 274 navigation; Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mk.VI; Radar Type 262 fire control on director CRBF and STAAG Mk.II;
Armament	6 × QF 4.5 in /45 (114 mm) Mark V in 3 twin mountings UD Mark VI; 4 × 40 mm /60 Bofors A/A in 2 twin mounts STAAG Mk.II; 2 × 40 mm /60 Bofors A/A in 1 twin mount Mk.V; 2 × pentad tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX; 1 × Squid anti submarine mortar;

HMS Diamond was a Daring-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland, and launched on 14 June 1950. This ship was John Brown & Company's first all-welded ship (as opposed to the rivetted construction more commonly used up to that time).

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.