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==Service==
==Service==
''Birmingham'' commissioned at Portsmouth on 3 February, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 282.</ref>
It was planned that the 7 May christening of the ship was to be performed by Mrs. Austen Chamberlain, but this was changed to the Lady Mayoress of Birmingham, owing to the illness of Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain.<ref>"Naval And Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Tuesday, May 06, 1913; pg. 6; Issue 40204.</ref>
 
''Birmingham'' commissioned at Portsmouth on 3 February, 1914 under the command of {{CaptRN}} [[Arthur Allan Morison Duff|Arthur A. M. Duff]], who'd been helping oversee her completion since mid-1913.{{NLDec14|p. 282}}  At the outset of the war, she found herself a part of the {{UK-LCS|1}}.
 
On 9 August, 1914, ''Birmingham'' rammed and sank {{DE-U15}} off Fair Island.  This was the first U-boat loss to enemy action in the [[Great War]]..<ref>[http://www.uboat.net/wwi/fates/losses.html Uboat.net page on WW1 losses.]</ref>
 
She fought at the [[Battle of Heligoland Bight]] on the 28 August as one of six light cruisers of the 1 L.C.S. present.
 
On 24 January, 1915, ''Birmingham'' was one of four light cruisers from the {{UK-LCS|1}} at the [[Battle of Dogger Bank]].  The following month, she moved over to join the {{UK-LCS|2}}.


At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she was part of the {{UK-LCS|2}}, screening the battlecruisers under {{CaptRN}} [[Arthur Allan Morison Duff|Arthur A. M. Duff]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 33, 46}}
At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she was part of the {{UK-LCS|2}}, screening the battlecruisers under {{CaptRN}} [[Arthur Allan Morison Duff|Arthur A. M. Duff]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 33, 46}}


She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 19 June, 1919 to bear, by early 1921, Commander-in-Chief of the Africa Station.<ref>''The Navy List'', (January, 1921), pp. 733-4.</ref>
She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 19 June, 1919 to bear, by early 1921, Commander-in-Chief of the Africa Station.{{NLJan21|pp. 733-4}}
 
''Birmingham'' re-commissioned at Chatham on 15 November, 1923.{{NLApr25|p. 218}}
 
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 31 December, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 219}}


==Alterations==
==Alterations==
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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
*{{CaptRN}} [[Arthur Allan Morison Duff|Arthur A. M. Duff]], 5 July, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 282.</ref>
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Birmingham''">
*Captain [[Ernest Augustus Taylor|Ernest A. Taylor]], 14 March, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 741.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Allan Morison Duff|nick=Arthur A. M. Duff|appt=5 July, 1913{{NLDec16|p. 392''l''}}|note=in command at [[Battle of Jutland]]|end=29 November, 1916<ref>Duff Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602680}} f. 390.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
*Captain [[Alan James Mackenzie-Grieve]], January 1919.{{MackieRNW}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Halton Stirling Lecky|nick=Halton S. Lecky|appt=16 February, 1917<ref>Lecky Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 513.  In our PDF for [[Benjamin Wingate Barrow]].</ref>|end=14 March, 1917<ref>Lecky Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 513. In our PDF for [[Benjamin Wingate Barrow]].</ref>}}
*Captain [[Arthur Goodenough Craufurd]], June 1919.<ref>''The Navy List'' (September, 1919).  p. 741.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ernest Augustus Taylor|nick=Ernest A. Taylor|appt=14 March, 1917{{NLDec18|p. 741}}|end=13 January, 1919|note=and as Flag Captain}}
*Captain [[Niel O'Neill]], 21 May, 1920.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 733.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alan James Mackenzie-Grieve|nick=Alan J. Mackenzie-Grieve|appt=13 January, 1919{{NLJun19|p. 741}}|end=c. June, 1919{{NLJun19|p. 741}}{{NLSep19|p. 741}}}}
*Captain [[George Plunkett England|George P. England]], September 1921.{{MackieRNW}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Goodenough Craufurd|nick=Arthur G. Craufurd|appt=June, 1919{{NLSep19|p. 741}}|end=}}
*Captain [[Henry John Studholme Brownrigg]], July 1922.{{MackieRNW}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Evans Freke Aylmer|nick=Henry E. F. Aylmer|appt=26 May, 1920|end=2 August, 1921|note=some interpretation here}}
*Captain [[Edward Courtney Boyle|Edward C. Boyle]], January 1923.{{MackieRNW}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Niel O'Neill|nick=Niel O'Neill|appt=21 May, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 733}}|ass=15 June, 1920|end=c. May, 1921|note=left on transfer of flag}}
*Captain [[Richard H. L. Bevan]], December 1924.{{MackieRNW}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Vere Williamson|nick=Frederick V. Williamson|appt=May, 1921|end=1 September, 1921}}
*Captain [[Alfred Englefield Evans]], January 1927.{{MackieRNW}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Plunkett England|nick=George P. England|appt=1 September, 1921<ref>England Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 327.</ref>|end=30 May, 1922<ref>England Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 327.</ref>|note=and for command of Group "B" of the Nore Reserve}}
*Captain [[L. Stanley Holbrook]], December 1928.{{MackieRNW}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Henry Brabant|nick=Francis H. Brabant|appt=30 May, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 728}}|end=9 January, 1923}}
*Captain [[Bernard Buxton]], ?.{{FC}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Courtney Boyle|nick=Edward C. Boyle|appt=9 January, 1923<ref>Boyle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/135.|D7604039}} f. 138.</ref>|end=21 April, 1923<ref>Boyle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/135.|D7604039}} f. 138.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bernard Buxton|nick=Bernard Buxton|appt=4 May, 1923<ref>Buxton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 253.</ref>|end=15 November, 1923<ref>Buxton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 253.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Herbert Knowles|nick=George H. Knowles|appt=November, 1923<ref>Knowles Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>|end=late November, 1923|note=in command for passage out, guessing as to his place in this sequence}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry John Studholme Brownrigg|nick=Henry J. S. Brownrigg|appt=November, 1923<ref>Brownrigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 231.</ref>|end=January, 1925<ref>Brownrigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 231.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to R/A Bentinck}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Hugh Loraine Bevan|nick=Richard H. L. Bevan|appt=23 December, 1924{{NLFeb26|p. 218}}<ref>Bevan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/270.|D7576672}} f. 136.</ref>|end=9 February, 1927<ref>Bevan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/270.|D7576672}} f. 136.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Englefield Evans|nick=Alfred E. Evans|appt=7 January, 1927<ref>Evans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=18 September, 1928<ref>Evans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. ?.</ref>|ass=9 February, 1927<ref>Bevan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/270.|D7576672}} f. 136.</ref>|note=as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff of R/A [[David Murray Anderson|Anderson]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip Hordern|nick=Philip Hordern|appt=18 September, 1928|end=early 1929}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Leonard Stanley Holbrook|nick=Leonard S. Holbrook|appt=31 December, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 219}}|end=15 February, 1929<ref>Holbrook Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 219.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, the Nore}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edmond Julius Gordon Mackinnon|nick=Edmond J. G. Mackinnon|appt=15 February, 1929<ref>Mackinnon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>|end=14 May, 1929<ref>Mackinnon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Nore}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


==See Also==
==See Also==
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Birmingham_(1913)}}
{{refbegin}}
* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Birmingham.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Birmingham_(1913)}}
* [[Second L.C.S. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland]]
{{refend}}


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Latest revision as of 13:23, 12 September 2021

H.M.S. Birmingham (1913)
Pendant Number: 45 (1914)
16 (Jan 1918)
28 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Company[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

It was planned that the 7 May christening of the ship was to be performed by Mrs. Austen Chamberlain, but this was changed to the Lady Mayoress of Birmingham, owing to the illness of Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain.[8]

Birmingham commissioned at Portsmouth on 3 February, 1914 under the command of Captain Arthur A. M. Duff, who'd been helping oversee her completion since mid-1913.[9] At the outset of the war, she found herself a part of the First Light Cruiser Squadron.

On 9 August, 1914, Birmingham rammed and sank U 15 off Fair Island. This was the first U-boat loss to enemy action in the Great War..[10]

She fought at the Battle of Heligoland Bight on the 28 August as one of six light cruisers of the 1 L.C.S. present.

On 24 January, 1915, Birmingham was one of four light cruisers from the First Light Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Dogger Bank. The following month, she moved over to join the Second Light Cruiser Squadron.

At the Battle of Jutland, she was part of the Second Light Cruiser Squadron, screening the battlecruisers under Captain Arthur A. M. Duff.[11]

She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 19 June, 1919 to bear, by early 1921, Commander-in-Chief of the Africa Station.[12]

Birmingham re-commissioned at Chatham on 15 November, 1923.[13]

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 31 December, 1928.[14]

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.[15]

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.[16]

Distinguishing Signs

In March 1914, the ship was to carry a single red band on first and third funnel.[17]

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. ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, May 06, 1913; pg. 6; Issue 40204.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 282.
  10. ↑ Uboat.net page on WW1 losses.
  11. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 33, 46.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). pp. 733-4.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 218.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 219.
  15. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 512 of 16 Oct, 1914.
  16. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  17. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 924 of 6 Mar, 1914.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392l.
  19. ↑ Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 390.
  20. ↑ Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 513. In our PDF for Benjamin Wingate Barrow.
  21. ↑ Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 513. In our PDF for Benjamin Wingate Barrow.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 741.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 741.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 741.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 741.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 741.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 733.
  28. ↑ England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 327.
  29. ↑ England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 327.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 728.
  31. ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/135. f. 138.
  32. ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/135. f. 138.
  33. ↑ Buxton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 253.
  34. ↑ Buxton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 253.
  35. ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  36. ↑ Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 231.
  37. ↑ Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 231.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 218.
  39. ↑ Bevan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/270. f. 136.
  40. ↑ Bevan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/270. f. 136.
  41. ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  42. ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  43. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 219.
  44. ↑ Holbrook Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 219.
  45. ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
  46. ↑ 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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