~ HMS Diomede D92 Light Cruiser 1930s Photograph Album ~
This suberb photographic album of over 150 black and white photographs, presumably from her cruise when she was the flagship of Rear Admiral G. Blake in 1931.
The photographs include many of the ship itself including torpedo exercises, as well as numberous images of places she visited.
The photographs are presented in their period black card case with the crest of HMS Diomede in gilt.
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 completed at the Royal Dockyard, Portsmouth. Between the wars, she served on the China Station, Pacific waters, East Indies Waters and from 1936 onwards, in reserve. In World War II she performed four years of arduous war duty, during which time she captured the crew of the German blockade runner Idarwald after she had chased that ship and when the crew scuttled Idarwald. Between 22 July 1942 and 24 September 1943 she was converted to a training ship at Rosyth Dockyard. In 1945 she was placed in reserve and scrapped a year later.
~ Condition ~
Please refer to the images for the condition.
~ Dimensions ~
The album is 32 cm (12.5 inches) wide and 27 cm (10.5 inches) tall.
