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He was in command of the {{UK-Marksman|f=t}} at the [[Battle of Jutland]], where she was 2nd in command of the {{UK-DF|12}}.{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 45}}
 
He was in command of the {{UK-Marksman|f=t}} at the [[Battle of Jutland]], where she was 2nd in command of the {{UK-DF|12}}.{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 45}}

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Norton Allen Sulivan ( – 30 September, 1964) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.

Life & Career

In September 1913 while a Commander, Sulivan was appointed in command of the destroyer Hope.[1]

He was in command of the flotilla leader Marksman at the Battle of Jutland, where she was 2nd in command of the Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla.[2]

Sulivan was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1917.

In December, 1918, he was one of two men serving as Assistant Directors of Artillery and Torpedoes.[3]

He assumed command of the light cruiser Cordelia on 1 May, 1919.[4]

In 1926, he assumed command of the battlecruiser Renown.[5]

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Hugh J. Tweedie
Captain of H.M.S. Hope
Sep, 1913[6]
Succeeded by
Lionel G. Foote
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Marksman
24 Oct, 1915[7]
Succeeded by
Lionel J. G. Anderson
Preceded by
The Hon. Arthur L. O. Forbes-Sempill
Captain of H.M.S. Cordelia
1 May, 1919[8]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Herbert Meade
Captain of H.M.S. Renown
1926[9]
Succeeded by
Sidney R. Bailey

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 325.
  2. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 45.
  3. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 1817.
  4. The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 764.
  5. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 332.
  7. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396a.
  8. The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 764.
  9. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.