H.M.S. Suffolk (1926)
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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
Her final year of construction was overseen by Commander Charles Edward Barrington Simeon, who was to remain with her as executive officer upon her eventual commissioning.[6]
Completed to full crew at Portsmouth on 7 February, 1928.[7]
She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 September, 1930 and proceeded to the China Station bearing the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral William A. H. Kelly and to operate with the Fifth Cruiser Squadron.[8]
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 19 July 1933 for service as flagship of the Fifth Cruiser Squadron under the command of Captain Errol Manners.[9]
She commissioned at Chatham on 5 January, 1937 and continued service with the Fifth Cruiser Squadron.[10]
Captains
- Captain Niel O'Neill, 1 July, 1927 – February, 1929
- Captain Geoffrey S. Arbuthnot, 12 January, 1929[11][12] – June, 1931[13]
- Captain Geoffrey Layton, 9 January, 1931[14][15] – 16 November, 1931[16]
- Captain John H. Godfrey, 16 November, 1931 – May, 1933
- Captain Errol Manners, 19 July, 1933[17] – September, 1936[18]
- Captain Henry C. Phillips, 15 September, 1936[19] – December, 1937[20]
- Captain Cecil S. Sandford, 31 December, 1937[21] – 27 July, 1939[22]
- Captain John W. Durnford, 24 July, 1939[23] – 31 May, 1940[24]
- Captain Edward C. Thornton, 15 November, 1940[25] – 22 February, 1941[26]
- Captain Robert M. Ellis, 22 February, 1941[27] – 29 March, 1942[28]
- Captain Richard Shelley, 23 June, 1942 – 15 December, 1943
- Captain Alfred S. Russell, December, 1943[29] – May, 1944[30]
- Captain David Gilmour, May, 1944[31] – November, 1945[32]
- Captain Charles H. Duffett, November, 1945[33] – 1946[34]
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. (July, 1927). p. 271.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 272.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 272.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 277.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 277.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 271.
- ↑ Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
- ↑ Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 277.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 277.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
- ↑ 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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