HMS Niobe
Diadem-class protected cruiser
HMS Niobe was a ship of the Diadem class of protected cruisers in the Royal Navy. She served in the Boer War and was then given to Canada as the second ship of the newly created Naval Service of Canada as HMCS Niobe. The Naval Service of Canada... Wikipedia
Launched: February 20, 1897
Place built: Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom
Builders: Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering and Vickers Limited
Out of service: 6 September 1915 to depot ship