HMS Diadem (84)

HMS Diadem (84)

HMS "Diadem" was a "Dido"-class light cruiser of the "Bellona" subgroup of the Royal Navy. She was a modified "Dido" design with only four turrets but improved AA armament - aka "Dido" Group 2. She was built by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited (Hebburn-on-Tyne), UK), with the keel being laid down on 15 December 1939. She was launched on 21 August 1942, and commissioned 6 January 1944."Diadem" served on the Arctic convoys and covered carrier raids against the German battleship "Tirpitz" in the early months of 1944, then became part of Force E off Juno Beach during the invasion of Normandy in June. After the landings she carried out offensive patrols against German shipping around the Brittany coast, sinking, with destroyers, "Sperrbrecher 7" off La Rochelle on 12 August. She returned to northern waters in September, where she covered Russian convoys and carrier raids against German shipping routes along the Norwegian coast, as well as making offensive sweeps herself. In the course of one such sweep, accompanied by HMS "Mauritius" on 28 January 1945, the cruiser engaged three German destroyers, damaging "Z31". "Diadem" remained with the 10th Cruiser Squadron until after the war, and served in the Home Fleet until 1950. She was placed in reserve between 1950 to 1956.

In 1956 her sale to Pakistan was agreed, and after a refit she was handed over to the Pakistan Navy on 5 July 1957, being renamed "Babur". She was later renamed "Jahangir", and converted into a cadets' training ship in 1961.

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