H.M.S. Sutlej (1899)

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H.M.S. Sutlej (1899)
Pendant Number: N.74 (1914)
none (Jan 1918)
N.65 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company, Clydebank[2]
Ordered: 1897-98 Programme[3]
Laid down: 15 Aug, 1898[4]
Launched: 18 Nov, 1899[5]
Commissioned: 6 May, 1902[6]
Sold: 9 May, 1921[7]
Fate: Scrapped

Completed in mid-1902, H.M.S. Sutlej was one of six Cressy class cruisers.

Service

Sutlej was re-commissioned at Devonport on 8 February, 1911 for work with the Home Fleet.[8]

Sutlej paid off at Sheerness on 11 April, 1913 and her crew went to Triumph, for temporary service in the Eighth Battle Squadron while the ship took on a crew from Chatham Depot for service with the Third Fleet's Seventh Cruiser Squadron.[9]

At the outbreak of the Great War, Sutlej joined Cruiser Force F of the Channel Fleet before being sent to join Cruiser Force I.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 41.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 41.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 380.
  9. "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Apr 12, 1913; pg. 13; Issue 40184.
  10. Naval Staff Monographs. Volume X. p. 11.
  11. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 7 May, 1902. Issue 36761, col C, p. 10.
  12. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 305a.
  13. Stewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1252.
  14. Stewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1252.
  15. Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 254/512.
  16. Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 254/512.
  17. Miller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 188.
  18. Miller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 188.
  19. Le Marchant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 287/578.
  20. Le Marchant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 287/578.
  21. Sheppard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 393.
  22. Sheppard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 393.
  23. Hardinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/187. f. 219.
  24. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 302.
  25. Hardinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/187. f. 219.
  26. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 380.
  27. Savill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 104.
  28. Savill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 104.
  29. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 14 April, 1910. Issue 39246, col B, p. 9.
  30. Doughty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 141.
  31. Back Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 142.
  32. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 30 May, 1910. Issue 39285, col C, p. 8.
    Doughty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 141.
  33. Back Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 142.
  34. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 380.
  35. Luard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/106. f. ?.
  36. Foot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 218.
  37. Lynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 450.
  38. Lynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 450.
  39. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 383.
  40. Doughty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 50.
  41. Doughty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 50.
  42. Fanshawe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/1. f. 1.
  43. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398m.
  44. Fanshawe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/1. f. 1.

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).
  • Gunns, Writer G. H. (1906). The Log of H.M.S. "Sutlej," Pacific and China Stations. 1904-1906. London: The Westminster Press.


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