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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Effingham'' (1921)|fate2=near Harstad, Norway{{DittColl|p. 49}}
 
<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Effingham'' (1921)|fate2=near Harstad, Norway{{DittColl|p. 49}}
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|comm=Jul, 1925{{Conways1906|p. 63}}
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|comm=2 Jul, 1925{{NLJul27|p. 235}}
 
|fatedate=18 May, 1940{{DittColl|p. 49}}
 
|fatedate=18 May, 1940{{DittColl|p. 49}}
 
|order=Dec, 1915{{DittColl|p. 49}}
 
|order=Dec, 1915{{DittColl|p. 49}}
 
|name=Effingham
 
|name=Effingham
 
|launch=8 Jun, 1921{{Conways1906|p. 63}}
 
|launch=8 Jun, 1921{{Conways1906|p. 63}}
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|builder=[[Portsmouth Dockyard]]{{Conways1906|p. 63}}
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|builder=[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1906|p. 63}}
 
|laid=2 Apr, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 63}}
 
|laid=2 Apr, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 63}}
 
|fate=Wrecked
 
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==Service==
 
==Service==
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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}}
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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}}
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Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 18 October, 1927 for service with the {{UK-CS|4}} as flagship to Commander-in-Chief, East Indies [[Bertram Sackville Thesiger|Bertram Thesiger]].{{NLFeb29|pp. 234-5}}
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Re-commissioned at Portsmouth 1 April, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 235}}
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''Effingham'' was re-commissioned in Reserve at Portsmouth 30 September, 1932.{{NLJul34|p. 237}}
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Transferred to Dockyard Control at Devonport on 5 October, 1934.{{NLJul37|p. 236}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Effingham''">
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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}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Roger Mowbray Bellairs|nick=Roger M. Bellairs|appt=5 October, 1925<ref>Bellairs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>|end=1927<ref>Bellairs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain to R/A [[Walter Maurice Ellerton|Ellerton]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Roger Mowbray Bellairs|nick=Roger M. Bellairs|appt=5 October, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 235}}<ref>Bellairs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=1927<ref>Bellairs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. ?.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain to R/A [[Walter Maurice Ellerton|Ellerton]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Patrick Macnamara|nick=Patrick Macnamara|appt=October, 1927{{MackieRNW}}|end=13 October, 1929<ref>Macnamara Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/130.|D7604542}} f. 238.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Patrick Macnamara|nick=Patrick Macnamara|appt=18 October, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 234}}|end=13 October, 1929<ref>Macnamara Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/130.|D7604542}} f. 238.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Bruce Austin Fraser, First Baron Fraser|nick=Bruce A. Fraser|appt=6 September, 1929|ass=14 October, 1929|end=8 August, 1932|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to Vice Admiral}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Bruce Austin Fraser, First Baron Fraser|nick=Bruce A. Fraser|appt=6 September, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 235}}|ass=14 October, 1929|end=8 August, 1932|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to Vice Admiral}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Burnaby Prickett|nick=Cecil B. Prickett|appt=April, 1932{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1934{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Burnaby Prickett|nick=Cecil B. Prickett|appt=22 April, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 235}}|end=April, 1934{{MackieRNW}}|note=and as Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral Commanding Reserve Fleet}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cuthbert Coppinger|nick=Cuthbert Coppinger|appt=24 April, 1934<ref>Coppinger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.|}} f. 684.</ref>|end=3 March, 1936<ref>Coppinger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.|}} f. 684.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to V.A. [[Edward Astley Astley-Rushton|Rushton]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cuthbert Coppinger|nick=Cuthbert Coppinger|appt=24 April, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 237}}<ref>Coppinger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.|}} f. 684.</ref>|end=3 March, 1936<ref>Coppinger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.|}} f. 684.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to V.A. [[Edward Astley Astley-Rushton|Rushton]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Waters Shelley Browning|nick=Hugh W. S. Browning|appt=30 March, 1938{{NavAppts|30 Mar. 1938, p. 26}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Bernard Armitage Warburton Warburton-Lee|nick=Bernard A. W. Warburton-Lee|appt=21 June, 1938<ref>Warburton-Lee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/93/23.|D8116346}} f. 23.</ref>|end=17 April, 1939<ref>Warburton-Lee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/93/23.|D8116346}} f. 23.</ref>{{NLMay39|p. 280}}|note=and as Flag Captain}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Bernard Armitage Warburton Warburton-Lee|nick=Bernard A. W. Warburton-Lee|appt=21 June, 1938<ref>Warburton-Lee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/93/23.|D8116346}} f. 23.</ref>|end=17 April, 1939<ref>Warburton-Lee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/93/23.|D8116346}} f. 23.</ref>{{NLMay39|p. 280}}|note=and as Flag Captain}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Montagu Howson|nick=John M. Howson|appt=17 April, 1939{{NLMay39|p. 280}}|end=|note=and as Flag Captain}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Montagu Howson|nick=John M. Howson|appt=17 April, 1939{{NLMay39|p. 280}}|end=18 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1209}}|note=and as Flag Captain, ship wrecked under his command|succBy=Vessel Lost}}
 
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  

Latest revision as of 09:57, 30 August 2021

H.M.S. Effingham (1921)
Pendant Number: 98 (Jul 1925)[1]
Builder: Portsmouth Royal 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]

Effingham was re-commissioned in Reserve at Portsmouth 30 September, 1932.[13]

Transferred to Dockyard Control at Devonport on 5 October, 1934.[14]

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. (July, 1934). p. 237.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 236.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 236.
  16. ↑ Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  17. ↑ Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  18. ↑ Laurence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/175. f. 579.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 235.
  20. ↑ Bellairs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  21. ↑ Bellairs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 234.
  23. ↑ Macnamara Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/130. f. 238.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 235.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 235.
  26. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 237.
  28. ↑ Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 684.
  29. ↑ Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 684.
  30. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 30 Mar. 1938, p. 26.
  31. ↑ Warburton-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/93/23. f. 23.
  32. ↑ Warburton-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/93/23. f. 23.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 280.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 280.
  35. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography

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


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