HMS DIAMOND
by Kevin Patience

Builders Sheerness Dockyard, Sheerness, England. 1874
Length 220 feet
Beam  37 feet
Displacement  1,970 tons
Machinery  Single horizontal compound steam engine. 2,140 hp
Speed      12.5 knots
Armament 14 x 64-pounder muzzle loading guns
Complement 225
Disposal  Sold for scrap 1889
   

 

Crew  Casualties

John Kiddie Private, Royal Marines 24 December 1875

 

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