HMS Sussex
Career
Built By:	R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, at Hebburn-on-Tyne
Laid down:	1 February 1927
Launched:	22 February 1928
Commissioned:	19 March 1929
End of Service:	2 February 1949
Decommissioned:	3 January 1950, Handed over to British Iron and Steel Corporation.
Fate:	Scrapped started on 23 February 1950 at Arnott Young, Dalmuir.
Penant:	96
General Characteristics
Type:	Heavy Cruiser
Displacement:	9,750 tons standard/ 13,220 tons full load
Dimensions:	633 by 66 by 17 feet (192.9 by 20.1 by 5.1 meters)
Armament:	Original configuration: 4 x 8 inch dual ( mm), 8 x 4 inch single ( mm), 8 x 2 pdr AA (37 mm/40 mm) pommpoms guns, 2 x quad 0.5 inch AA (added 1936-1939), 8 x 21 inch (533 mm) Torpedo Tubes (2 quadruples). Image File history File links RN-White-Ensign. ... Hebburn (54º5809. ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... -1... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... British Steel is a large British steel producer, privatised in 1988 under the Thatcher government. ... February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Scout Planes:	1 seaplane (later 3)
Armour:	Original configuration: 1 to 4 inch magazine box protection, 1.375 inch deck, 1 inch side-plating, turrets and bulkheads, 4.5 inch narrow belt, 3.5 inch internal boiler room sides (added 1938-1941).
Propulsion:	Parsons Geared turbines,4 shafts, 8 Admiralty 3 drum boilers, 80,000 shp (46 MW)= 32.25 knots maximum speed.
Range:	4,715 km (2,930 miles) at 31 knots, 20,117 km (12,500 miles) at 12 knots, 3,210 tons fuel oil.
Complement:	700

HMS Sussex, was a London class (aka County class) cruiser, was laid down by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, at Hebburn-on-Tyne on 1 February 1927, launched on 22 February 1928 and completed on 19 March 1929. The County class were the first and last heavy cruisers of the Royal Navy, being built in four sub-classes, that became known as the Kent, London, Norfolk and York classes. ... USS Port Royal, a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, launched in 1994. ... Hebburn (54º5809. ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... -1...

History

Sussex served in the Mediterranean until 1934, with the Australia Squadron until 1936, in the Mediterranean again until 1939, operated with Force H in the South Atlantic during the search for the enemy German raider Admiral Graf Spee until December 1939, served with the Home Fleet during the Norwegian campaign, was struck by bombs while in refit at Glasgow on 18 September 1940 and did not return to service until August 1942, served in the Atlantic and with the Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean, and covered operations in the Netherlands East Indies following the cessation of hostilities. The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Force H was a British naval squadron during World War II. It was formed in 1940 to replace French naval power in the western Mediterranean that had been removed by the French armistice with Nazi Germany. ... For other uses, see Atlantic (disambiguation) The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one-fifth of its surface. ... Admiral Graf Spee was a pocket battleship (Panzerschiff, later changed to heavy cruiser) launched by Germany in 1934 and named after the World War I Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee. ... The Home Fleet is the traditional name of the fleet of the Royal Navy that protects the United Kingdoms territorial waters. ... Glasgow (or Glaschu in Gaelic) is Scotlands largest city and unitary council, situated on the River Clyde in the countrys west central lowlands. ... September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one_fifth of its surface. ... The Dutch East Indies, or Netherlands East Indies, (Dutch: Nederlands Indië) was the name of the colonies colonised by the Dutch East India Company which came under administration of the Netherlands during the ninteenth century (see Indonesia). ...

HMS Sussex was paid off in 1949, handed over to the British Iron and Steel Corporation on 3 January 1950, and arrived at Dalmuir in Scotland on 23 February 1950 where she was broken up by W. H. Arnott, Young and Company, Limited. 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... British Steel is a large British steel producer, privatised in 1988 under the Thatcher government. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Noteable events involving Sussex

September, 1939:

Sussex and sistership HMS Shropshire formed Group "H" in the South Atlantic in the hunt for the Graf Spee.

2 December, 1939:

The German passenger ship Watussi (9552 BRT) is intercepted in the South Atlantic of Capetown, South-Africa by the British battlecruiser HMS Renown and the British heavy cruiser HMS Sussex. However, before the German ship can be captured she is scuttled by her own crew.

Following the Graf Spee scuttling in 12/1939 returned to the UK, took part in the Norwegian Campaign then went to Glasgow for a refit.

26 February, 1943:

Intercepted the German supply ship Hohenfriedberg, 7892 tgr, west of the Azores. The ship scuttled when challenged and the same time Sussex was narrowly missed by a spread of torpedoes from U 264 which was accompanying the supply ship.

Transferred to the Eastern Fleet until the end of the war, covered the reoccupation of the Netherlands East Indies before returning home.

26 July, 1945:

Her Task Force was attacked by 2 "Val" suicides (Mitsubishi type 99 dive-bombers): one was shot down by escort carrier Ameer and the second by Sussex. However, this latter one bounced on the surface of the sea and impacted the cruiser's hull above the waterline, causing a 2½ metre dent. Later in the same day Sussex downed another aircraft.