Image shows Royal Navy D class cruiser HMS Diomede, instantly recognisable by the large white horse below her bridge front as in her official badge and the association the horse had to this hero of Troy as when killed as the 8th labour of Hercules he was fed to and devoured by horses, but then he was but a man, not a God.
Cruiser launched 29 april 1919, once completed in 1922 spent virtually her entire career in the east and from 1925 as part of the New Zealand division, survived WW2, scrapped 1946.
Diomede had the unique distinction of having a single 6" CP XVI gun mounting in A position, alas hidden under her forecastle awning.
Thank you, Culverin, for identifying HMS Diomede and for the story behind her name! The Titania's Ward Room Mess album ended up among the papers of William Richmond Fell but, unlike his own photograph albums, none of the photos in it are annotated. Most of the pages in the album are blank and quite a few of the photos were taken on land. I am in the process of transferring them from the Gwulo general 1920s gallery to the 1920s HMS Titania & L class submarines gallery but I'm hesitating to flood the Gwulo site with unidentified photos. David may be able to advise me. As a New Zealander himself, Fell would certainly have been interested in HMS Diomede, but he was not necessarily the photographer of this one.
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HMS Diomede D class cruiser
Image shows Royal Navy D class cruiser HMS Diomede, instantly recognisable by the large white horse below her bridge front as in her official badge and the association the horse had to this hero of Troy as when killed as the 8th labour of Hercules he was fed to and devoured by horses, but then he was but a man, not a God.
Cruiser launched 29 april 1919, once completed in 1922 spent virtually her entire career in the east and from 1925 as part of the New Zealand division, survived WW2, scrapped 1946.
Diomede had the unique distinction of having a single 6" CP XVI gun mounting in A position, alas hidden under her forecastle awning.
HMS Diomede D class cruiser
Thank you, Culverin, for identifying HMS Diomede and for the story behind her name! The Titania's Ward Room Mess album ended up among the papers of William Richmond Fell but, unlike his own photograph albums, none of the photos in it are annotated. Most of the pages in the album are blank and quite a few of the photos were taken on land. I am in the process of transferring them from the Gwulo general 1920s gallery to the 1920s HMS Titania & L class submarines gallery but I'm hesitating to flood the Gwulo site with unidentified photos. David may be able to advise me. As a New Zealander himself, Fell would certainly have been interested in HMS Diomede, but he was not necessarily the photographer of this one.