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==Service==
 
==Service==
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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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''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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Re-commissioned at Devonport on 6 September, 1932 for service on the [[America and West Indies Station]], bearing Commander-in-Chief Vice-Admiral Drax.{{NLJan33|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}}
  
 
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}}
 
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, it appears that she was again on the [[America and West Indies Station]], bearing Commander-in-Chief Vice-Admiral Rose.{{NLOct35|p. 257}}
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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==
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Burnaby Prickett|nick=Cecil B. Prickett|appt=14 January, 1930|end=28 December, 1931|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{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=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Evelyn Charles Blagrove|nick=H. Evelyn C. Blagrove|appt=October, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 256}}<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]]}}
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{{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=22 January, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 257}}|end=6 September, 1937}}
 
{{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}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alexander Guy Berners Wilson|nick=Alexander G. B. Wilson|appt=August, 1939|end=10 February, 1940}}
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{{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}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Jerome Lucian Phillips|nick=Alfred J. L. Phillips|appt=12 February, 1940|end=19 January, 1942|note=and as Flag Captain & C.S.O. to R/A, Commanding {{UK-CS|1}}}}
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{{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}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Gerald Hyslop Bellars|nick=Edward G. H. Bellars|appt=March, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|end=July, 1943{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{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}}}}
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{{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=February, 1944{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Spalding Russell|nick=Alfred S. Russell|appt=20 January, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1179}}|end=12 March, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1179}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Gerald Yerburgh Loveband|nick=John G. Y. Loveband|appt=November, 1944{{MackieRNW}}|end=1946{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{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}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Godfrey Alexander French|nick=Godfrey A. French|appt=1947{{MackieRNW}}|end=November, 1948{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alan Fitzroy Campbell|nick=Alan F. Campbell|appt=29 February, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1179}}|end=19 April, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1179}}}}
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{{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}}}}
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{{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}}}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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}}}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 08:04, 30 March 2022

H.M.S. Norfolk (1928)
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]
H.M.S. Norfolk was one of two Norfolk Class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

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

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 28.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 28.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 28.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 28.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 28.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 256.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 258.
  8. ↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 30 Aug. 1934, p. 8.
  9. ↑ "East Indies Flagship." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jan 15, 1935; pg. 4; Issue 46962.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 257.
  11. ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 292.
  12. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, May 13, 1932, Issue 46132, p.26.
  13. ↑ Blagrove Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 47.
  14. ↑ Blagrove Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 47.
  15. ↑ Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.
  16. ↑ Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 257.
  18. ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/11. f. 11.
  19. ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/11. f. 11.
  20. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  21. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  22. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  23. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  24. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  25. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  26. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  27. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  28. ↑ Bain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/25. f. 25.
  29. ↑ Bain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/93/107. f. ?.
  30. ↑ Bain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/25. f. 25.
  31. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  32. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  33. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  34. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  35. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  36. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  37. ↑ French Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/147. f. 147.
  38. ↑ French Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/147. f. 147.
  39. ↑ French Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/147. f. 147.
  40. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  41. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography


Norfolk Class Cruiser
  Dorsetshire Norfolk  
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