HMS Diadem (China Squadron) off Hong Kong
HMS Diadem (China Squadron) off Hong Kong. HMS Diadem was the lead ship of the Diadem-class of protected cruiser in the Royal Navy. In March 1901 she was one of two cruisers to escort HMS Ophir (pictured in the rear), commissioned as royal yacht for the world tour of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later King George V and Queen Mary)
Picture No
10948694
Media ID
46704094
Size
5408px x 3460px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Illustration by Richard H. Neville Cumming (1875-1911) on a postcard
Date
1901
