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| − | Recommissioned at Devonport on 27 February, 1913 under Captain [[Philip Francklin]] as flagship of {{UK- | + | Recommissioned at Devonport on 27 February, 1913 under Captain [[Philip Francklin]] as flagship of {{UK-CS|4}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 379.</ref> |
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) | |
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| 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 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.[11]
- Captain Harry Jones, February 1909.[12]
- Captain Edward Herbert Moubray, February 1911.[13]
- Captain Philip Francklin, 27 February 1913.[14]
- Captain Bentinck J. D. Yelverton, 19 August, 1914.[15]
- Captain Christopher Russell Payne, May 1917.[16]
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.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 379.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 377.
- ↑ Yelverton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 135.
- ↑ 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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