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|launch=12 Dec, 1928{{Conways1922|p. 28}} | |launch=12 Dec, 1928{{Conways1922|p. 28}} | ||
− | |builder=[[Fairfield]]{{Conways1922|p. 28}} | + | |builder=[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]]{{Conways1922|p. 28}} |
|laid=8 Jul, 1927{{Conways1922|p. 28}} | |laid=8 Jul, 1927{{Conways1922|p. 28}} | ||
|fate=Broken up | |fate=Broken up | ||
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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
+ | ''Norfolk'' was commissioned at Devonport on 14 May, 1930 for service with the {{UK-CS|2}} in the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLJul31|p. 256}} | ||
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+ | She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 6 September, 1932 for service on the [[America and West Indies Station]], bearing Commander-in-Chief Vice-Admiral [[Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax|Drax]].{{NLJul34|p. 258}} | ||
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+ | In August 1934, the cruiser visited Esquimalt and then proceeded to Vancouver.{{ToL|Royal Navy|30 Aug. 1934, p. 8}} | ||
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+ | She returned to Devonport on 30 November, 1934 after her stint as flagship, and paid off and re-commissioned on 22 January under Flag Captain [[Louis Henry Keppel Hamilton]], expected to leave in March to relieve {{UK-Hawkins}} as flagship on the East Indies Station.{{ToL|East Indies Flagship|Tuesday, Jan 15, 1935; pg. 4; Issue 46962}} | ||
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+ | However, in October, ''Norfolk'' was again on the [[America and West Indies Station]], bearing Commander-in-Chief Vice-Admiral Rose.{{NLOct35|p. 257}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Norfolk''" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Norfolk''" nat="UK"> | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Burnaby Prickett|nick=Cecil B. Prickett|appt=January, 1930 | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Burnaby Prickett|nick=Cecil B. Prickett|appt=14 January, 1930|end=28 December, 1931|precBy=New Command}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Fownes Somerville|nick=James F. Somerville|appt=28 December, 1931<ref>Somerville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 292.</ref>|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Fownes Somerville|nick=James F. Somerville|appt=28 December, 1931<ref>Somerville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 292.</ref>|end=}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Evelyn Charles Blagrove|nick=H. Evelyn C. Blagrove|appt= | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Evelyn Charles Blagrove|nick=H. Evelyn C. Blagrove|appt=May, 1932{{NavAppts|Friday, May 13, 1932, Issue 46132, p.26}}<ref>Blagrove Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 47.</ref>|end=January, 1935<ref>Blagrove Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 47.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to R/A [[Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax|Drax]]}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Cecil Bovell|nick=Henry C. Bovell|appt=3 December, 1934<ref>Bovell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/28.|D7605784}} f. 28.</ref>|end=8 April, 1935<ref>Bovell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/28.|D7605784}} f. 28.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Cecil Bovell|nick=Henry C. Bovell|appt=3 December, 1934<ref>Bovell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/28.|D7605784}} f. 28.</ref>|end=8 April, 1935<ref>Bovell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/28.|D7605784}} f. 28.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Evelyn Charles Blagrove|nick=Henry E. C. Blagrove|appt=|end=January, 1935}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Evelyn Charles Blagrove|nick=Henry E. C. Blagrove|appt=|end=January, 1935}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Louis Henry Keppel Hamilton|nick=Louis H. K. Hamilton|appt= | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Louis Henry Keppel Hamilton|nick=Louis H. K. Hamilton|appt=22 January, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 257}}|end=6 September, 1937}} |
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Maurice Mansfield|nick=John M. Mansfield|appt=19 October, 1937|end=10 May, 1939}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Maurice Mansfield|nick=John M. Mansfield|appt=19 October, 1937|end=10 May, 1939}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alexander Guy Berners Wilson|nick=Alexander G. B. Wilson|appt=August, 1939{{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eric Wheeler Bush|nick=Eric W. Bush|appt=10 May, 1939<ref>Bush Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/122/11.|}} f. 11.</ref>|end=23 October, 1939<ref>Bush Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/122/11.|}} f. 11.</ref>|note=transferred in from {{UK-Devonshire}}}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Jerome Lucian Phillips|nick=Alfred J. L. Phillips|appt=12 February, 1940|end= | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alexander Guy Berners Wilson|nick=Alexander G. B. Wilson|appt=24 August, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|1179}}|end=12 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1179}}}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Gerald Hyslop Bellars|nick=Edward G. H. Bellars|appt=March, 1942{{ | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Jerome Lucian Phillips|nick=Alfred J. L. Phillips|appt=12 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1179}}|end=20 January, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1179}}|note=and as Flag Captain & C.S.O. to R/A, Commanding {{UK-CS|1}}}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Donald Keppel Bain|nick=Donald K. Bain|appt=July, 1943{{ | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Spalding Russell|nick=Alfred S. Russell|appt=20 January, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1179}}|end=12 March, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1179}}}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Gerald Yerburgh Loveband|nick=John G. Y. Loveband|appt= | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Gerald Hyslop Bellars|nick=Edward G. H. Bellars|appt=12 March, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1179}}|end=26 May, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1179}}}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Godfrey Alexander French|nick=Godfrey A. French|appt=1947{{ | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Shirley Litchfield-Speer|nick=Frederick S. Litchfield-Speer|appt=26 May, 1943{{INF}}|end=1 July, 1943<ref>Bain Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/119/25.|}} f. 25.</ref>}} |
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Donald Keppel Bain|nick=Donald K. Bain|appt=1 July, 1943<ref>Bain Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/93/107.|D8116430}} f. ?.</ref>|end=24 February, 1944<ref>Bain Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/119/25.|}} f. 25.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alan Fitzroy Campbell|nick=Alan F. Campbell|appt=29 February, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1179}}|end=19 April, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1179}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Neville Brevoort Carey Brock|nick=Neville B. C. Brock|appt=19 April, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1179}}|end=1 September, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1179}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Gerald Yerburgh Loveband|nick=John G. Y. Loveband|appt=1 September, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1179}}|end=1 June, 1946{{UBAllyWarship|1179}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gilbert Palmer Claridge|nick=Gilbert P. Claridge|appt=2 July, 1946|end=16 June, 1947<ref>French Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/123/147.|}} f. 147.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Godfrey Alexander French|nick=Godfrey A. French|appt=16 June, 1947<ref>French Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/123/147.|}} f. 147.</ref>|end=18 October, 1948<ref>French Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/123/147.|}} f. 147.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh St. Lawrence Nicolson|nick=Hugh St. L. Nicolson|appt=November, 1948{{MackieRNW}}|end=1949{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh St. Lawrence Nicolson|nick=Hugh St. L. Nicolson|appt=November, 1948{{MackieRNW}}|end=1949{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
{{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
− | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Norfolk_( | + | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Norfolk_(78)}} |
{{refend}} | {{refend}} | ||
Latest revision as of 08:04, 30 March 2022
H.M.S. Norfolk (1928) | |
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Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[1] |
Laid down: | 8 Jul, 1927[2] |
Launched: | 12 Dec, 1928[3] |
Completed: | 30 Apr, 1930[4] |
Broken up: | 1950[5] |
Service
Norfolk was commissioned at Devonport on 14 May, 1930 for service with the Second Cruiser Squadron in the Atlantic Fleet.[6]
She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 6 September, 1932 for service on the America and West Indies Station, bearing Commander-in-Chief Vice-Admiral Drax.[7]
In August 1934, the cruiser visited Esquimalt and then proceeded to Vancouver.[8]
She returned to Devonport on 30 November, 1934 after her stint as flagship, and paid off and re-commissioned on 22 January under Flag Captain Louis Henry Keppel Hamilton, expected to leave in March to relieve Hawkins as flagship on the East Indies Station.[9]
However, in October, Norfolk was again on the America and West Indies Station, bearing Commander-in-Chief Vice-Admiral Rose.[10]
Captains
- Captain Cecil B. Prickett, 14 January, 1930 – 28 December, 1931
- Captain James F. Somerville, 28 December, 1931[11]
- Captain H. Evelyn C. Blagrove, May, 1932[12][13] – January, 1935[14] (and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to R/A Drax)
- Captain Henry C. Bovell, 3 December, 1934[15] – 8 April, 1935[16]
- Captain Henry E. C. Blagrove, – January, 1935
- Captain Louis H. K. Hamilton, 22 January, 1935[17] – 6 September, 1937
- Captain John M. Mansfield, 19 October, 1937 – 10 May, 1939
- Captain Eric W. Bush, 10 May, 1939[18] – 23 October, 1939[19] (transferred in from Devonshire)
- Captain Alexander G. B. Wilson, 24 August, 1939[20] – 12 February, 1940[21]
- Captain Alfred J. L. Phillips, 12 February, 1940[22] – 20 January, 1942[23] (and as Flag Captain & C.S.O. to R/A, Commanding First Cruiser Squadron)
- Captain Alfred S. Russell, 20 January, 1942[24] – 12 March, 1942[25]
- Captain Edward G. H. Bellars, 12 March, 1942[26] – 26 May, 1943[27]
- Captain Frederick S. Litchfield-Speer, 26 May, 1943[Inference] – 1 July, 1943[28]
- Captain Donald K. Bain, 1 July, 1943[29] – 24 February, 1944[30]
- Commander Alan F. Campbell, 29 February, 1944[31] – 19 April, 1944[32]
- Captain (retired) Neville B. C. Brock, 19 April, 1944[33] – 1 September, 1944[34]
- Captain John G. Y. Loveband, 1 September, 1944[35] – 1 June, 1946[36]
- Captain Gilbert P. Claridge, 2 July, 1946 – 16 June, 1947[37]
- Captain Godfrey A. French, 16 June, 1947[38] – 18 October, 1948[39]
- Captain Hugh St. L. Nicolson, November, 1948[40] – 1949[41]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 28.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 28.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 28.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 28.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 28.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 256.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 258.
- ↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 30 Aug. 1934, p. 8.
- ↑ "East Indies Flagship." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jan 15, 1935; pg. 4; Issue 46962.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 257.
- ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 292.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, May 13, 1932, Issue 46132, p.26.
- ↑ Blagrove Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 47.
- ↑ Blagrove Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 47.
- ↑ Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.
- ↑ Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 257.
- ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/11. f. 11.
- ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/11. f. 11.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Bain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/25. f. 25.
- ↑ Bain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/93/107. f. ?.
- ↑ Bain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/25. f. 25.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ French Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/147. f. 147.
- ↑ French Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/147. f. 147.
- ↑ French Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/147. f. 147.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
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