HMS Suffolk
Survived
| Type | Heavy cruiser |
|---|---|
| Class | County (Kent) |
| War | Second World War |
| Main guns | 8 (4x2) 8-inch (203 mm) dual guns |
Bombed off Norway in April 1940 and brought home with her quarterdeck awash. With her new radar she tracked Bismarck through the Denmark Strait, and lost her in the early hours of 25 May 1941. Scrapped in 1948.
Armament and specifications
Armament
Original configuration
- 8 (4x2) 8-inch (203 mm) dual guns
- 8 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mk V single AA guns
- 8 (2x4) 2-pounder (40 mm) pom-poms quad guns
- 8 (2x4) 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) quadruple machine guns
- 2 × 21-inch (533 mm) quadruple torpedo tubes.
1937 – 1941 configuration
- 8 × 8-inch (203 mm) dual guns
- 6 × 4-inch (102 mm) single AA guns
- 2 × 2 pdr eight barrel quad guns
- 2 × 0.5-inch MG quadruple guns.
- 2 × 21-inch (533 mm) quad torpedo tubes.
1941 – 1942 configuration
- 2 × 4-inch (102 mm) dual AA guns
- 4 × 20 mm (0.8 in) single guns
1942 – 1944 configuration
- 8 × 8 in (203 mm) dual guns
- 6 × 4 in (102 mm) single AA guns
- 2 × 4 in (102 mm) dual AA guns
- 6 × 20 mm (0.8 in) single guns
- 5 × 20 mm (0.8 in) dual power-operated guns
- 2 × 2 pdr (37 mm/40 mm) eight barrel quad guns
- 2 × 21 in (533 mm) quad Torpedo Tubes.
Armour
- Magazine box protection: 1–4 in (25–102 mm)
- Deck: 1.375 in (34.9 mm)
- Side-plating, turrets and bulkheads: 1 in (25 mm)
- Belt: 4.5 in (114 mm)
- 4 internal boiler room sides (added 1936–1940)
| Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard, UK |
|---|---|
| Laid down | 30 September 1924 |
| Launched | 16 February 1926 |
| Commissioned | 31 May 1928 |
| Displacement | 9,750 tons (9,924 t) standard 13,450 tons (13,670 t) full load |
| Length | 630 ft (190 m) |
| Speed | 31.5 knots (58.3 km/h; 36.2 mph) |
| Complement | 700 |
As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.
Career
Launched
16 February 1926
Battle of the Denmark Strait
Survived
24 May 1941
Shadowing by radar
24 May 1941
Fate
Survived
Scrapped, vessel was allocated to BISCO on 25 March 1948 and was scrapped at J Cashmore's, Newport, Wales, 1948.