Difference between revisions of "H.M.S. Suffolk (1903)"

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
Line 24: Line 24:
 
*Captain [[Norman Craig Palmer|Norman C. Palmer]], 28 April, 1908.<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 416.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Norman Craig Palmer|Norman C. Palmer]], 28 April, 1908.<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 416.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Harry Jones]], February, 1909.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Harry Jones]], February, 1909.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Edward Herbert Moubray|Edward H. Moubray]], 10 February, 1911.<ref>Moubray ServiceRecord.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 277.</ref>
+
*Captain [[Edward Herbert Moubray|Edward H. Moubray]], 10 February, 1911.<ref>Moubray Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 277.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Philip Francklin]], 27 February, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 377.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Philip Francklin]], 27 February, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 377.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Bentinck John Davies Yelverton|Bentinck J. D. Yelverton]], 19 August, 1914.<ref>Yelverton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 135.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Bentinck John Davies Yelverton|Bentinck J. D. Yelverton]], 19 August, 1914.<ref>Yelverton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 135.</ref>

Revision as of 05:53, 5 August 2013

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 given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  8. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 42.
  9. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 379.
  10. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 377.
  11. Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 416.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 277.
  14. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 377.
  15. Yelverton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 135.
  16. 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).


Monmouth Class Armoured Cruiser
Bedford Berwick Cornwall Cumberland Donegal
Essex Kent Lancaster Monmouth Suffolk
<– Drake Class Major Cruisers (UK) Devonshire Class –>