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==Service==
==Service==
Commissioned at Chatham on 26 March, 1929.{{NLJul31|p. 272}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Sussex''" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Henry Taunton Raikes|nick=Robert H. T. Raikes|appt=1 December, 1928<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/94.|D7604506}} ff. 220, 221.</ref>|end=10 April, 1930<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/94.|D7604506}} ff. 220, 221.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}  
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Henry Taunton Raikes|nick=Robert H. T. Raikes|appt=1 December, 1928<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/94.|D7604506}} ff. 220, 221.</ref>|end=10 April, 1930<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/94.|D7604506}} ff. 220, 221.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}  
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Richard Sawbridge|nick=Henry R. Sawbridge|appt=3 March, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 272}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Stuart Sumner Bonham-Carter|nick=Stuart S. Bonham-Carter|appt=1934<ref>Bonham-Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/81.|D7605168}} f. 441.</ref>|end=12 April, 1937<ref>Bonham-Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/81.|D7605168}} f. 441.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Stuart Sumner Bonham-Carter|nick=Stuart S. Bonham-Carter|appt=1934<ref>Bonham-Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/81.|D7605168}} f. 441.</ref>|end=12 April, 1937<ref>Bonham-Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/81.|D7605168}} f. 441.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Evelyn Charles Blagrove|nick=H. Evelyn C. Blagrove|appt=12 April, 1937<ref>Blagrove Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 47.</ref>|ass=27 June, 1937<ref>Blagrove Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 47.</ref>|end=1939<ref>Blagrove Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 47.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Evelyn Charles Blagrove|nick=H. Evelyn C. Blagrove|appt=12 April, 1937<ref>Blagrove Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 47.</ref>|ass=27 June, 1937<ref>Blagrove Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 47.</ref>|end=1939<ref>Blagrove Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 47.</ref>}}

Revision as of 16:18, 16 February 2018

H.M.S. Sussex (1928)
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie[1]
Laid down: 1 Feb, 1927[2]
Launched: 22 Feb, 1928[3]
Completed: 19 Mar, 1929[4]
Broken up: 1950[5]

H.M.S. Sussex was one of four London Class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Chatham on 26 March, 1929.[6]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 272.
  7. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  8. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 272.
  10. ↑ Bonham-Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/81. f. 441.
  11. ↑ Bonham-Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/81. f. 441.
  12. ↑ Blagrove Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 47.
  13. ↑ Blagrove Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 47.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography


London Class Heavy Cruiser
  Devonshire London Shropshire Sussex  
<– Kent Class Major Cruisers (UK) York Class –>
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