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'''H.M.S. ''Suffolk''''' was one of ten [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruisers]] of the [[Monmouth Class Cruiser (1901)|''Monmouth'' Class]] completed between 1903 and 1904. | '''H.M.S. ''Suffolk''''' was one of ten [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruisers]] of the [[Monmouth Class Cruiser (1901)|''Monmouth'' Class]] completed between 1903 and 1904. | ||
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Recommissioned at Devonport on 27 February, 1914 for service at Jamaica.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 377.</ref> | Recommissioned at Devonport on 27 February, 1914 for service at Jamaica.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 377.</ref> | ||
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| 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, 1914 for service at Jamaica.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain David Beatty, 25 October, 1904.[Citation needed]
- Captain Rosslyn E. Wemmyss, 1 September 1905.[Citation needed]
- Captain Norman C. Palmer, 28 April, 1908.[10]
- Captain Harry Jones, February 1909.[11]
- Captain Edward Herbert Moubray, February 1911.[12]
- Captain Philip Francklin, 27 February 1913.[13]
- Captain Bentinck John Davies Yelverton, 19 August, 1914.[14]
- Captain Christopher Russell Payne, May 1917.[15]
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 (April, 1914), p. 377.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 379.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 377.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 398d-k.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
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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