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HMS Diamond (H22)
HMS ''Diamond'' was a D-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. The ship spent the bulk of her career on the China Station. She was briefly assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1939 before she was transferred to West Africa for convoy escort duties. ''Diamond'' returned to the Mediterranean Fleet in early 1940 where she generally escorted convoys to and from Malta. The ship participated in the Battle of Cape Spartivento in November. ''Diamond'' was sunk by German aircraft on 27 April 1941 whilst evacuating Allied troops from Greece.
==Description==
''Diamond'' displaced at standard load and at deep load. The ship had an overall length of , a beam of and a draught of . She was powered by Parsons geared steam turbines, driving two shafts, which developed a total of and gave a maximum speed of . Steam for the turbines was provided by three Admiralty 3-drum boilers. ''Diamond'' carried a maximum of of fuel oil that gave her a range of at . The ship's complement was 145 officers and men.〔Whitley, p. 102.〕
The ship mounted four 45-calibre 4.7-inch Mark IX guns in single mounts. For anti-aircraft (AA) defence, ''Diamond'' had a single 12-pounder (3-inch (76.2 mm)) gun between her funnels and two QF 2-pounder Mark II guns mounted on the side of her bridge. She was fitted with two above-water quadruple torpedo tube mounts for 21-inch torpedoes.〔Friedman, pp. 215, 299.〕 One depth charge rail and two throwers were fitted; 20 depth charges were originally carried, but this increased to 35 shortly after the war began.〔English, p. 141.〕
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