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|comm=Jul, 1925{{Conways1906|p. 63}}
|comm=2 Jul, 1925{{NLJul27|p. 235}}
|fatedate=18 May, 1940{{DittColl|p. 49}}
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|order=Dec, 1915{{DittColl|p. 49}}
|order=Dec, 1915{{DittColl|p. 49}}
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|name=Effingham
|launch=8 Jun, 1921{{Conways1906|p. 63}}
|launch=8 Jun, 1921{{Conways1906|p. 63}}
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|builder=[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1906|p. 63}}
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|fate=Wrecked
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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}} 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 Sackville Thesiger|Bertram Thesiger]].{{NLFeb29|pp. 234-5}}
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth 1 April, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 235}}
''Effingham'' was re-commissioned in Reserve at Portsmouth 30 September, 1932.{{NLJul34|p. 237}}
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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{{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>|precBy=New Command}}
{{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=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]]}}
{{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=Captain|name=Patrick Macnamara|nick=Patrick Macnamara|appt=October, 1927{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{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=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]]}}
{{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]]}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
{{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>}}
{{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}}
{{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}}
{{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]]}}
{{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=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>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 13:57, 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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