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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000919574-22-002873
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20220430
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220427
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220427

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DIANA SHIPPING INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001318885
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32458
		FILM NUMBER:		22860814

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PENDELIS 16
		STREET 2:		175 64 PALAIO FALIRO
		CITY:			ATHENS
		STATE:			J3
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		30-210-947-0100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PENDELIS 16
		STREET 2:		175 64 PALAIO FALIRO
		CITY:			ATHENS
		STATE:			J3
		ZIP:			00000
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">FORM 6-K</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">WASHINGTON, D.C.&#160; 20549</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">For the month of April 2022</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Commission File Number:&#160; 001-32458</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">DIANA SHIPPING INC.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">(Translation of registrant's name into English)</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Pendelis 16, 175 64 Palaio Faliro, Athens, Greece</div>
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    <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.</div>
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    <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): [&#160; ].</div>
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      paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.</div>
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    <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): [&#160; ].</div>
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    <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Note</font>: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in
      paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized
      (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Attached to this Report on Form 6-K as Exhibit 99.1 is a press release dated April 27, 2022 of Diana Shipping Inc. (the
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    <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
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            <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dated: April 27, 2022</div>
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            <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">/s/ Anastassis Margaronis</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 180pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ioannis Zafirakis</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 180pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Director, Chief Financial Officer,</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 180pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Telephone: + 30-210-9470-100</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 180pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Email: <font style="color: #0000FF;"><u>izafirakis@dianashippinginc.com</u></font></div>
    <div style="text-indent: 180pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Website: www.dianashippinginc.com</div>
    <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="color: #0000FF;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font>Twitter: @Dianaship</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 180pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Edward Nebb</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 180pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Comm-Counsellors, LLC</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 180pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Telephone: + 1-203-972-8350</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 180pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Email: <font style="color: #0000FF;"><u>enebb@optonline.net</u></font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">DIANA SHIPPING INC. ANNOUNCES THE FILING OF ITS 2021</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ATHENS, GREECE, April 27, 2022 &#8211; Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX), (the "Company"), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in
      of dry bulk vessels, today announced that it has filed its 2021 Annual Report on Form 20-F with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The Annual Report is available for download on the Company's website, <font style="color: #0000FF;"><u>www.dianashippinginc.com. </u></font>Any shareholder may receive a hard copy of the Company's complete Annual Report, which includes the Company's 2021 audited financial statements,
      free of charge upon request.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">About the Company</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Diana Shipping Inc. is a global provider of shipping transportation services through its ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels. The Company's
      vessels are employed primarily on short to medium-term charters and transport a range of dry bulk cargoes, including such commodities as iron ore, coal, grain and other materials along worldwide shipping routes.</div>
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