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==Service==
 
==Service==
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Her final year of construction was overseen by Commander [[Charles Edward Barrington Simeon]], who was to remain with her as executive officer upon her eventual commissioning.{{NLJul27|p. 271}}
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Completed to full crew at Portsmouth on 7 February, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 272}}
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The ship was completed at Portsmouth for service on 26 May, 1928.  She departed the port for China on 1 June, 1928, to relieve {{UK-Carlisle|f=p}} on that station.{{ToL|Completion of the Suffolk|26 May 1928, p. 7}}{{MoS|5 June 1928, p. 7}}
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She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 September, 1930 and proceeded to the [[China Station]] bearing the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral [[William Archibald Howard Kelly|William A. H. Kelly]] and to operate with the {{UK-CS|5}}.{{NLJul31|p. 272}}
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''Suffolk'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 19 July 1933 for service as flagship of the {{UK-CS|5}} under the command of Captain [[Errol Manners]].{{NLJul34|p. 277}}
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She commissioned at Chatham on 5 January, 1937 and continued service with the {{UK-CS|5}}.{{NLJul37|p. 277}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Suffolk''" nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of H.M.S. ''Suffolk''}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Suffolk''" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Niel O'Neill|nick=Niel O'Neill|appt=July, 1927{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1929{{MackieRNW}}|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Niel O'Neill|nick=Niel O'Neill|appt=1 July, 1927{{ToL|Completion of the Suffolk|26 May 1928, p. 7}}|end=February, 1929|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Schomberg Arbuthnot|nick=Geoffrey S. Arbuthnot|appt=January, 1929{{MackieRNW}}|end=June, 1931{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Schomberg Arbuthnot|nick=Geoffrey S. Arbuthnot|appt=12 January, 1929{{NLFeb29|p. 271}}<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91/198.|}} f. 200.</ref>|end=June, 1931<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91/198.|}} f. 200.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Henry Godfrey|nick=John H. Godfrey|appt=June, 1931{{MackieRNW}}|end=July, 1933{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Layton|nick=Geoffrey Layton|appt=9 January, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 271}}<ref>Layton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/134.|D7604233}} f. ?.</ref>|end=16 November, 1931<ref>Layton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/134.|D7604233}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Errol Manners|nick=Errol Manners|appt=July, 1933{{MackieRNW}}|end=September, 1936{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Henry Godfrey|nick=John H. Godfrey|appt=16 November, 1931|end=May, 1933}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Clarmont Phillips|nick=Henry C. Phillips|appt=September, 1936{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1937{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Errol Manners|nick=Errol Manners|appt=19 July, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 277}}|end=September, 1936{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Stanley Sandford|nick=Cecil S. Sandford|appt=December, 1937{{MackieRNW}}|end=July, 1939{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Clarmont Phillips|nick=Henry C. Phillips|appt=15 September, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 277}}|end=December, 1937{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Walter Durnford|nick=John W. Durnford|appt=July, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=July, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Stanley Sandford|nick=Cecil S. Sandford|appt=31 December, 1937<ref>Sandford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/319.|D7605074}} f. ?.</ref>|end=27 July, 1939<ref>Sandford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/319.|D7605074}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Chicheley Thornton|nick=Edward C. Thornton|appt=November, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=February, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Walter Durnford|nick=John W. Durnford|appt=24 July, 1939<ref>Durnford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/129.|D7605540}} f. 128.</ref>|end=31 May, 1940<ref>Durnford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/129.|D7605540}} f. 128.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Mayrick Ellis|nick=Robert M. Ellis|appt=February, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|end=June, 1942{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur David Torlesse|nick=Arthur D. Torlesse|appt=31 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1181}}|end=8 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1181}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Benyon|nick=Richard Shelley|appt=June, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1943{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Alfred S. Russell}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Denys Charles Gerald Shoppee|nick=Denys C. G. Shoppee|appt=8 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1181}}|end=15 November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1181}}}}
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{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Chicheley Thornton|nick=Edward C. Thornton|appt=15 November, 1940<ref>Thornton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/222.|D7605307}} f. 592.</ref>|end=22 February, 1941<ref>Thornton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/222.|D7605307}} f. 592.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Meyrick Ellis|nick=Robert M. Ellis|appt=22 February, 1941{{UBAlly|827}}|end=29 March, 1942{{UBAlly|827}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ludovic Ernest Porter|nick=Ludovic E. Porter|appt=29 March, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1181}}|end=16 May, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1181}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Alfred Havers|nick=Arthur A. Havers|appt=16 May, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1181}}|end=4 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1181}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Gowlland|nick=Geoffrey Gowlland|appt=4 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1181}}|end=23 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1181}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Shelley|nick=Richard Shelley|appt=23 June, 1942<ref>Shelley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/92/185.|}} f. 185.</ref>|end=15 December, 1943{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Spalding Russell|nick=Alfred S. Russell|appt=15 December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1181}}|end=May, 1944{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Francis Henry Crawford Rutherford|nick=William F. H. C. Rutherford|appt=|end=10 June, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1181}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=David Gilmour|nick=David Gilmour|appt=10 June, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1181}}|end=20 November, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1181}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Henry Duffett|nick=Charles H. Duffett|appt=November, 1945{{MackieRNW}}|end=1946{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 12:02, 30 March 2022

H.M.S. Suffolk (1926)
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 30 Sep, 1924[2]
Launched: 16 Feb, 1926[3]
Completed: 31 May, 1928[4]
Broken up: 1948[5]

H.M.S. Suffolk was one of seven Kent Class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Her final year of construction was overseen by Commander Charles Edward Barrington Simeon, who was to remain with her as executive officer upon her eventual commissioning.[6]

Completed to full crew at Portsmouth on 7 February, 1928.[7]

The ship was completed at Portsmouth for service on 26 May, 1928. She departed the port for China on 1 June, 1928, to relieve H.M.S. Carlisle on that station.[8][9]

She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 September, 1930 and proceeded to the China Station bearing the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral William A. H. Kelly and to operate with the Fifth Cruiser Squadron.[10]

Suffolk was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 19 July 1933 for service as flagship of the Fifth Cruiser Squadron under the command of Captain Errol Manners.[11]

She commissioned at Chatham on 5 January, 1937 and continued service with the Fifth Cruiser Squadron.[12]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 271.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 272.
  8. ↑ "Completion of the Suffolk." The Times (London, England), 26 May 1928, p. 7.
  9. ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 5 June 1928, p. 7.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 272.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 277.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 277.
  13. ↑ "Completion of the Suffolk." The Times (London, England), 26 May 1928, p. 7.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 271.
  15. ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91/198. f. 200.
  16. ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91/198. f. 200.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 271.
  18. ↑ Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
  19. ↑ Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 277.
  21. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 277.
  23. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  24. ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/319. f. ?.
  25. ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/319. f. ?.
  26. ↑ Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/129. f. 128.
  27. ↑ Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/129. f. 128.
  28. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  29. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  30. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  31. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  32. ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
  33. ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
  34. ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
  35. ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
  36. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  37. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  38. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  39. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  40. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  41. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  42. ↑ Shelley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/185. f. 185.
  43. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  44. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  45. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  46. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  47. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  48. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  49. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography


Kent Class Heavy Cruiser
Royal Navy
Berwick Cornwall Cumberland Kent Suffolk
Royal Australian Navy
  Australia Canberra  
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