Norton Allen Sulivan
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Norton Allen Sulivan ( – 30 September, 1964) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.
Life & Career
In September 1913 while a Commander, Sulivan was appointed in command of the destroyer Hope.[1]
He was in command of the flotilla leader Marksman at the Battle of Jutland, where she was 2nd in command of the Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla.[2]
Sulivan was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1917.
He assumed command of the light cruiser Cordelia on 1 May, 1919.[3]
In 1926, he assumed command of the battlecruiser Renown.[4]
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 325.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 45.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List (May, 1919). p. 764.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
Bibliography
Service Records
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Hugh J. Tweedie |
Captain of H.M.S. Hope Sep, 1913 – ? |
Succeeded by Colin A. G. Hutchinson |
Preceded by Arthur L. O. Forbes-Sempill |
Captain of H.M.S. Cordelia 1 May, 1919 – ? |
Succeeded by ? |
Preceded by Herbert Meade |
Captain of H.M.S. Renown 1926 – ? |
Succeeded by Sidney R. Bailey |
Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Marksman 1945 – ? |
Succeeded by Thomas C. C. Bolster |