Upon commissioning '' Diomede '' joined the 5th Light Cruiser Squadron on the China Station in 1922 . In 1925 she was transferred to the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy at Devonport where she served until 1935 , apart from a refit in 1929-1930 . In 1931 she rendered assistance to the town of Napier , New Zealand after the devastating Hawkes Bay earthquake , supplying medical personnel , equipment , guards and firemen , along with her sister ship '' Dunedin '' . Afterwards '' Diomede '' escorted the beach-damaged sloop to Auckland . The Executive officer at the time ( 1930-1933 ) was Commander , later Admiral Victor Crutchley , who was to later become entwined with the Pacific Campaign of World War II
Hawkes Bay earthquake
1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake
HMS Diomede (D92)