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Revision as of 11:45, 28 June 2014
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 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
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 325.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 45.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 1817.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 764.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 332.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 764.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.