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Revision as of 17:18, 14 June 2016

H.M.S. Birmingham (1913)
Pendant Number: 45 (1914)
16 (Jan 1918)
28 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Armstrong[2]
Ordered: 1912 Programme[3]
Laid down: 10 Jun, 1912[4]
Launched: 7 May, 1913[5]
Commissioned: Feb, 1914[6]
Sold: 5 Feb, 1931[7]


Service

Birmingham commissioned at Portsmouth on 3 February, 1914.[8]

At the Battle of Jutland, she was part of the Second Light Cruiser Squadron, screening the battlecruisers under Captain Arthur A. M. Duff.[9]

She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 19 June, 1919 to bear, by early 1921, Commander-in-Chief of the Africa Station.[10]

Alterations

In October 1914, the ship was to be given 4 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.[11]

Birmingham was fitted with a director in February, 1917. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[12]

Distinguishing Signs

In March 1914, the ship was to carry a single red band on first and third funnel.[13]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 46.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 46.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 54.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 54.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 46.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 54.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 46.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 282.
  9. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 33, 46.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). pp. 733-4.
  11. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 512 of 16 Oct, 1914.
  12. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  13. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 924 of 6 Mar, 1914.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392l.
  15. ↑ Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 390.
  16. ↑ Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 513. In our PDF for Benjamin Wingate Barrow.
  17. ↑ Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 513. In our PDF for Benjamin Wingate Barrow.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 741.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 741.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 741.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 741.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 741.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 733.
  24. ↑ England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 327.
  25. ↑ England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 327.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 728.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 728.
  28. ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/135. f. 138.
  29. ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/135. f. 138.
  30. ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/135. f. 138.
  31. ↑ Buxton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 253.
  32. ↑ Buxton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 253.
  33. ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  34. ↑ Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 231.
  35. ↑ Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 231.
  36. ↑ Bevan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/270. f. 136.
  37. ↑ Bevan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/270. f. 136.
  38. ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
  39. ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
  40. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  41. ↑ Holbrook Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 219.
  42. ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
  43. ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Admiralty, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.


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