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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Irby Prowse|nick=Cecil I. Prowse|appt=6 August, 1912<ref>Prowse Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 423.</ref>|end=28 October, 1912<ref>Prowse Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 423.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Irby Prowse|nick=Cecil I. Prowse|appt=6 August, 1912<ref>Prowse Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 423.</ref>|end=28 October, 1912<ref>Prowse Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 423.</ref>}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bentinck John Davies Yelverton|nick=Bentinck J. D. Yelverton|appt=19 August, 1914<ref>Yelverton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 135.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 398''d-k''}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bentinck John Davies Yelverton|nick=Bentinck J. D. Yelverton|appt=19 August, 1914<ref>Yelverton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 135.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 398''d-k''}}|end=25 August, 1916<ref>Yelverton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 135.</ref>}} | ||
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Revision as of 13:55, 3 April 2015
| H.M.S. Suffolk (1903) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 20 (1914) P.87 (Sep 1915) P.A5 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[2] |
| Ordered: | 1900-01 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 25 Mar, 1901[4] |
| Launched: | 15 Jan, 1903[5] |
| Commissioned: | 21 May, 1904[6] |
| Sold: | 1 Jul, 1920[7] |
| Fate: | to Castle; resold[8] |
H.M.S. Suffolk was one of ten armoured cruisers of the Monmouth Class completed between 1903 and 1904.
Service
Recommissioned at Devonport on 27 February, 1913 under Captain Philip Francklin as flagship of Fourth Cruiser Squadron.[9]
Recommissioned at Devonport on 27 February, 1914 for service at Jamaica.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain John L. Marx, 21 May, 1904[11]
- Captain David Beatty, 25 October, 1904[12] – 1 September, 1905[13]
- Captain Rosslyn E. Wemyss, 1 September, 1905[Citation needed]
- Captain Norman C. Palmer, 28 April, 1908[14]
- Captain Harry Jones, February, 1909[15]
- Captain Edward H. Moubray, 10 February, 1911[16] – 6 August, 1912[17]
- Captain Cecil I. Prowse, 6 August, 1912[18] – 28 October, 1912[19]
- Captain Philip Francklin, 27 February, 1913[20] – 19 August, 1914[21] (and as Flag Captain)
- Captain Bentinck J. D. Yelverton, 19 August, 1914[22][23] – 25 August, 1916[24]
- Captain Christopher R. Payne, 12 May, 1917[25] (after a refit)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 379.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 377.
- ↑ Marx Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 856.
- ↑ Beatty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 156.
- ↑ Beatty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 156.
- ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 416.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 277.
- ↑ Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 277.
- ↑ Prowse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 423.
- ↑ Prowse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 423.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 377.
- ↑ Francklin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 446.
- ↑ Yelverton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 135.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398d-k.
- ↑ Yelverton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 135.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 911a.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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