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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.<ref>Caulfeild Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602567}} f. 255.</ref>
 
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.<ref>Caulfeild Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602567}} f. 255.</ref>
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In 1938, her bell(s) were among a number of ships' bells the Royal Navy offered for sale to officers and others interested.  It commanded a price of between £3-£10 plus packing and shipping.  Interested parties were to apply to win one at its stated price, stating any special attachment or claim they had to the item(s) applied for.{{ToL|Ships' Bells for Sale|Saturday, Dec 17, 1938; pg. 19; Issue 48180}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==

Latest revision as of 20:29, 29 May 2018

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]

In 1938, her bell(s) were among a number of ships' bells the Royal Navy offered for sale to officers and others interested. It commanded a price of between £3-£10 plus packing and shipping. Interested parties were to apply to win one at its stated price, stating any special attachment or claim they had to the item(s) applied for.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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. ↑ Caulfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 255.
  12. ↑ "Ships' Bells for Sale." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Dec 17, 1938; pg. 19; Issue 48180.
  13. ↑ Marx Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 856.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 380.
  15. ↑ Beatty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 156.
  16. ↑ Beatty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 156.
  17. ↑ Lowther-Crofton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/316. f.347.
  18. ↑ Wemyss Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 223.
  19. ↑ Wemyss Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 223.
  20. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 416.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 379.
  22. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 416.
  23. ↑ Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 256.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 379.
  25. ↑ Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 256.
  26. ↑ Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 277.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 378.
  28. ↑ Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 277.
  29. ↑ Prowse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 423.
  30. ↑ Prowse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 423.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 377.
  32. ↑ Francklin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 446.
  33. ↑ Yelverton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 135.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398d-k.
  35. ↑ Yelverton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 135.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 911a.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 740.
  38. ↑ Caulfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 255.
  39. ↑ 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).


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


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