Diadem class cruiser were armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy by Vickers of Barrow in the 1890s. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ...
Ships of this class consisted of:
HMS Diadem - Built Fairfield, Govan, laid down January 1896, completed July 1898.
HMS Amphitrite - Built Vickers, Barrow, laid down December 1896, completed September 1901.
HMS Andromeda - Built Pembroke Dockyard, laid down December 1895, completed September 1899.
HMS Argonaut - Built Fairfield, Govan, laid down November 1896, completed April 1900.
HMS Ariadne - Built Thompson, Clydebank, laid down October 1896, completed June 1902, sunk 1917
HMS Europa - Built Thompson, Clydebank, laid down January 1896, completed November 1899.
HMS Niobe - Built Vickers, Barrow, laid down December 1895, completed December 1898 and to Canada as HMCS Niobe
HMS Spartiate - Built Pembroke Dockyard, laid down May 1897, completed March 1903.
Specifications: HMCS Niobe was a Diadem class cruiser built for the Royal Navy and served until 1920, patrolling in World War I and training the first generation of Canadian naval recruits. ...
The Diademclasscruiser were 1st class armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the 1890s whose career lasted past the First World War.
They were cut down versions of the large and expensive Powerful class but still good sea boats though often criticised for their lack of a heavy calibre main armament, their bulky unprotected sides, average speed and lack of manoeuvrability.
They were the last British First class Protected Cruisers, the Armoured cruiser taking the large cruiser role in future.
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