Background On 1 October 1920 HMS Chatham was commissioned into the New Zealand Naval Forces. Chatham was the name ship of type of 2nd-class light cruiser and was first commissioned on 3 December 1912. There were six ships in the class, three built for the Royal Navy and another three for the Royal Australian navy.Continue reading “HMS Chatham”
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Cruiser – HMS Dunedin -96 (Aug 19);[1]93 (Nov 19); I.93 (1936); D.93 (1940) NZ Div of RN
HMS Dunedin was a Danae-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy/NZ Div of RN, pennant number D93. HMS DUNEDIN (1919) at Lyttelton, 4 Nov 1937 HMS Dunedin – The Dunedin turning into Gardens Reach on the Brisbane River. South Brisbane wharves in background. (Description supplied with photograph). She was launched from the yards of Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle-on-Tyne on 19 November 1918 and commissioned on 13 SeptemberContinue reading “Cruiser – HMS Dunedin -96 (Aug 19);[1]93 (Nov 19); I.93 (1936); D.93 (1940) NZ Div of RN”
Cruiser – HMS Diomede (92 (Jun 22); I.92 (1936); D.92 (1940) NZ Div of RN
HMS Diomede was a Danae class cruiser of the Royal Navy. Constructed at Vickers Armstrong, Barrow, she was constructed too late to take part in World War I and was consequently completed at the Royal Dockyard, Portsmouth. A black and white glass plate photograph showing HMS DIOMEDE (1919) a Danae class naval cruiser on LytteltonContinue reading “Cruiser – HMS Diomede (92 (Jun 22); I.92 (1936); D.92 (1940) NZ Div of RN”
A black and white glass plate photograph showing HMS DIOMEDE (1919) a Danae class naval cruiser on Lyttelton Harbour. The cruiser is passing the breakwater and crew are visible on the deck. The glass plate has the name “HMS DIOMEDE” inscribed on its surface on the margin. (NZ Division of Royal Navy)
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HMS Chatham was a Town-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. She was the name ship of her sub-class of the Town class. After the war, Chatham was lent to the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy from 1920 to 1924
The ship survived the First World War and was sold for scrap in 1926. Design and description The Chatham sub-class were slightly larger and improved versions of the preceding Weymouth sub-class.[1] They were 457 feet (139.3 m) long overall, with a beam of 49 feet (14.9 m) and a draught of 16 feet (4.9 m). Displacement was 5,400 long tons (5,500 t) normal[2] and 6,000 long tons (6,100 t) at full load. Twelve Yarrow boilers fed Chatham‘s Parsons steam turbines,[1] driving four propeller shafts, that wereContinue reading “HMS Chatham was a Town-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. She was the name ship of her sub-class of the Town class. After the war, Chatham was lent to the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy from 1920 to 1924”
