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==Service==
 
==Service==
Commander [[Francis Heathcote Gordon Walker]] was appointed to ''Effingham'' as she was nearing completion, to assume command upon her commissioning.{{NLApr25|p. 236}}
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Commander [[Francis Heathcote Gordon Walker]] was appointed to ''Effingham'' as she was nearing completion, to assume command upon her commissioning,{{NLApr25|p. 236}} which occurred at Portsmouth on 2 July, 1925.{{NLJul27|p. 235}}
  
 
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 18 October, 1927 for service with the {{UK-CS|4}} as flagship to Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Bertram Thesiger.{{NLFeb29|pp. 234-5}}
 
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 18 October, 1927 for service with the {{UK-CS|4}} as flagship to Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Bertram Thesiger.{{NLFeb29|pp. 234-5}}
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Heathcote Gordon Walker|nick=Francis H. G. Walker|appt=2 March, 1925{{NLApr25|p. 236}}|end=|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Heathcote Gordon Walker|nick=Francis H. G. Walker|appt=2 March, 1925{{NLApr25|p. 236}}|end=15 May, 1925{{INF}}|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Nugent Reyne|nick=Cecil N. Reyne|appt=15 May, 1925<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>|end=1925<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Nugent Reyne|nick=Cecil N. Reyne|appt=15 May, 1925<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>|end=1925<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Noel Frank Laurence|nick=Noel F. Laurence|appt=|end=November, 1925<ref>Laurence Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/175.|D7576654}} f. 579.</ref>|note=as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to R/A Herbert W. Richmond}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Noel Frank Laurence|nick=Noel F. Laurence|appt=|end=November, 1925<ref>Laurence Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/175.|D7576654}} f. 579.</ref>|note=as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to R/A Herbert W. Richmond}}

Revision as of 09:56, 22 February 2018

H.M.S. Effingham (1921)
Pendant Number: 98 (Jul 1925)[1]
Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard[2]
Ordered: Dec, 1915[3]
Laid down: 2 Apr, 1917[4]
Launched: 8 Jun, 1921[5]
Commissioned: 2 Jul, 1925[6]
Wrecked: 18 May, 1940[7]
Fate: near Harstad, Norway[8]

Service

Commander Francis Heathcote Gordon Walker was appointed to Effingham as she was nearing completion, to assume command upon her commissioning,[9] which occurred at Portsmouth on 2 July, 1925.[10]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 18 October, 1927 for service with the Fourth Cruiser Squadron as flagship to Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Bertram Thesiger.[11]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth 1 April, 1930.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 63.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 63.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 63.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 235.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  8. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 236.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 235.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1929). pp. 234-5.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 235.
  13. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 236.
  14. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  15. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  16. Laurence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/175. f. 579.
  17. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 235.
  18. Bellairs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  19. Bellairs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  20. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 234.
  21. Macnamara Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/130. f. 238.
  22. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 235.
  23. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  24. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  25. Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 684.
  26. Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 684.
  27. Warburton-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/93/23. f. 23.
  28. Warburton-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/93/23. f. 23.
  29. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 280.
  30. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 280.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.


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