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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Locke Marx|nick=John L. Marx|appt=21 May, 1904<ref>Marx Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 856.</ref>|end=October, 1904{{NLOct04|p. 380}}|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Locke Marx|nick=John L. Marx|appt=21 May, 1904<ref>Marx Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 856.</ref>|end=October, 1904{{NLOct04|p. 380}}|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=David Richard Beatty, First Earl Beatty|nick=David Beatty|appt=25 October, 1904<ref>Beatty Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 156.</ref>|end=1 September, 1905<ref>Beatty Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 156.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=David Richard Beatty, First Earl Beatty|nick=David Beatty|appt=25 October, 1904<ref>Beatty Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 156.</ref>|end=1 September, 1905<ref>Beatty Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 156.</ref>}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, First Baron Wester Wemyss|nick=Rosslyn E. Wemyss|appt=1 September, 1905<ref>Wemyss Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 223.</ref>|end=27 Apri, 1908<ref>Wemyss Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 223.</ref>}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward George Lowther-Crofton|nick=Edward G. Lowther-Crofton|appt=13 September, 1905<ref>Lowther-Crofton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/316.|D7602644}} f.347.</ref>|end=c. late September 1905{{INF}}|note=temporary, until Wemyss joins}} |
| + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, First Baron Wester Wemyss|nick=Rosslyn E. Wemyss|appt=1 September, 1905<ref>Wemyss Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 223.</ref>|end=27 Apri, 1908<ref>Wemyss Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 223.</ref>|ass=after 13 September, 1905<ref>Lowther-Crofton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/316.|D7602644}} f.347.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Norman Craig Palmer|nick=Norman C. Palmer|appt=28 April, 1908<ref>Palmer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 416.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 379}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Norman Craig Palmer|nick=Norman C. Palmer|appt=28 April, 1908<ref>Palmer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 416.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 379}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harry Jones|nick=Harry Jones|appt=17 February, 1909<ref>Jones Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 256.</ref>|end=10 February, 1911<ref>Jones Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 256.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harry Jones|nick=Harry Jones|appt=17 February, 1909<ref>Jones Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 256.</ref>|end=10 February, 1911<ref>Jones Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 256.</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 13:45, 21 September 2016
| 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.
There was a heavy cruiser Suffolk launched in the 1920s.
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]
In August, 1919, she was one of four cruisers placed under the command of Captain Francis Wade Caulfeild under the oversight of the Rear-Admiral commanding the Devonport Reserve.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain John L. Marx, 21 May, 1904[12] – October, 1904[13]
- Captain David Beatty, 25 October, 1904[14] – 1 September, 1905[15]
- Commander Edward G. Lowther-Crofton, 13 September, 1905[16] – c. late September 1905[Inference] (temporary, until Wemyss joins)
- Captain Rosslyn E. Wemyss, 1 September, 1905[17] – 27 Apri, 1908[18]
- Captain Norman C. Palmer, 28 April, 1908[19][20]
- Captain Harry Jones, 17 February, 1909[21] – 10 February, 1911[22]
- Captain Edward H. Moubray, 10 February, 1911[23] – 6 August, 1912[24]
- Captain Cecil I. Prowse, 6 August, 1912[25] – 28 October, 1912[26]
- Captain Philip Francklin, 27 February, 1913[27] – 19 August, 1914[28] (and as Flag Captain)
- Captain Bentinck J. D. Yelverton, 19 August, 1914[29][30] – 25 August, 1916[31]
- Captain Christopher R. Payne, 12 May, 1917[32] (after a refit)
- Captain Francis W. Caulfieid, 20 August, 1919[33][34] – 19 February, 1920[35] (and in command of Cornwall, Devonshire and Berwick)
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.
- ↑ Caulfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 255.
- ↑ Marx Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 856.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 380.
- ↑ Beatty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 156.
- ↑ Beatty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 156.
- ↑ Lowther-Crofton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/316. f.347.
- ↑ Wemyss Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 223.
- ↑ Wemyss Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 223.
- ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 416.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 379.
- ↑ Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 256.
- ↑ Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 256.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 740.
- ↑ Caulfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 255.
- ↑ Caulfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 255.
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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