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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Niel O'Neill|nick=Niel O'Neill|appt=1 July, 1927|end=February, 1929|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Niel O'Neill|nick=Niel O'Neill|appt=1 July, 1927|end=February, 1929|precBy=New Command}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Schomberg Arbuthnot|nick=Geoffrey S. Arbuthnot|appt=12 January, 1929<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/91/198.|}} f. 200.</ref>|end=June, 1931<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/91/198.|}} f. 200.</ref>}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Schomberg Arbuthnot|nick=Geoffrey S. Arbuthnot|appt=12 January, 1929{{NLFeb29|p. 271}}<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/91/198.|}} f. 200.</ref>|end=June, 1931<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/91/198.|}} f. 200.</ref>}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Layton|nick=Geoffrey Layton|appt=9 January, 1931<ref>Layton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/134.|D7604233}} f. ?.</ref>|end=16 November, 1931<ref>Layton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/134.|D7604233}} f. ?.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Layton|nick=Geoffrey Layton|appt=9 January, 1931<ref>Layton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/134.|D7604233}} f. ?.</ref>|end=16 November, 1931<ref>Layton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/134.|D7604233}} f. ?.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Henry Godfrey|nick=John H. Godfrey|appt=16 November, 1931|end=May, 1933}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Henry Godfrey|nick=John H. Godfrey|appt=16 November, 1931|end=May, 1933}} |
Revision as of 15:59, 7 February 2018
H.M.S. Suffolk (1926) | |
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Builder: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1] |
Laid down: | 30 Sep, 1924[2] |
Launched: | 16 Feb, 1926[3] |
Completed: | 31 May, 1928[4] |
Broken up: | 1948[5] |
Service
Completed to full crew at Portsmouth on 7 February, 1928.[6]
Captains
- Captain Niel O'Neill, 1 July, 1927 – February, 1929
- Captain Geoffrey S. Arbuthnot, 12 January, 1929[7][8] – June, 1931[9]
- Captain Geoffrey Layton, 9 January, 1931[10] – 16 November, 1931[11]
- Captain John H. Godfrey, 16 November, 1931 – May, 1933
- Captain Errol Manners, July, 1933[12] – September, 1936[13]
- Captain Henry C. Phillips, September, 1936[14] – December, 1937[15]
- Captain Cecil S. Sandford, 31 December, 1937[16] – 27 July, 1939[17]
- Captain John W. Durnford, 24 July, 1939[18] – 31 May, 1940[19]
- Captain Edward C. Thornton, 15 November, 1940[20] – 22 February, 1941[21]
- Captain Robert M. Ellis, February, 1941[22] – June, 1942[23]
- Captain Richard Shelley, 23 June, 1942 – 15 December, 1943
- Captain Alfred S. Russell, December, 1943[24] – May, 1944[25]
- Captain David Gilmour, May, 1944[26] – November, 1945[27]
- Captain Charles H. Duffett, November, 1945[28] – 1946[29]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 272.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 271.
- ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91/198. f. 200.
- ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91/198. f. 200.
- ↑ Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
- ↑ Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/319. f. ?.
- ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/319. f. ?.
- ↑ Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/129. f. 128.
- ↑ Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/129. f. 128.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
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