HMS Diamond (H22)

( Casualty List )
Navy: Royal Navy
Type: Destroyer
Class: D 
Pennant: H 22 
Built by: Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) 
Laid down: 29 Sep, 1931 
Launched: 8 Apr, 1932 
Commissioned: 2 Nov, 1932 
Complement: 190
Lost: 27 Apr, 1941 during the evacuation of Greece, HMS Diamond (Lt. Cdr. P.A. Cartwright, RN.) was sunk in position (36.30.00N 023.34.00E) Pos.Approx. by German dive- bomber aircraft. Lost with 148 men, with very few survivors found. 
 
History: 26 Apr, 1941
rescued 600 troops from Crete after transports had been sunk by air attack during the evacuation of Crete. Reported  28-04-1941 Sunk by enemy dive bombers.