HMS Diadem (84)

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Light cruiser
Class	Bellona
Pennant	84
Built by	Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.)
Ordered	4 Sep 1939
Laid down	15 Dec 1939
Launched	26 Aug 1942
Commissioned	6 Jan 1944
End service	1950
History	Decommissioned in 1950. Sold to the Pakistan Navy on 29 February 1956. After a refit she was commissioned by the Pakistan Navy on 5 July 1957, being renamed Babur. She was converted into a cadets training ship in 1961.

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	Commander	From	To
1	Capt. Eric George Anderson Clifford, RN	15 Oct 1943	19 Apr 1945
2	Capt. Arthur Macdonnell Knapp, RN	19 Apr 1945	mid 1946

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