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==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Frederick Harris|nick=Charles F. Harris|appt=3 August, 1937<ref>Harris Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/347.|}} f. 346.</ref>|end=3 January, 1938<ref>Harris Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/347.|}} f. 346.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=took command upon her commissioning}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eric James Patrick Brind|nick=Eric J. P. Brind|appt=3 January, 1938|end=15 February, 1940}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alexander Cumming Gordon Madden|nick=Alexander C. G. Madden|appt=March, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Berwick Crane|nick=Henry B. Crane|appt=December, 1941|end=6 September, 1943|note=and as Flag Captain to R/A Commanding, {{UK-CS|4}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert Wyndham Williams|nick=Herbert W. Williams|appt=6 September, 1943{{UBAlly|2668}}|end=12 January, 1944{{UBAlly|2668}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert Wyndham Williams|nick=Herbert W. Williams|appt=1 April, 1944{{UBAlly|2668}}|end=19 November, 1945{{UBAlly|2668}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Walter Gillow Simpson|nick=George W. G. Simpson|appt=November, 1945{{MackieRNW}}|end=1947{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Robert Sutherland Haines|nick=John R. S. Haines|appt=6 June, 1947<ref>Haines Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/9.|}} f. 9.</ref>|end=30 June, 1948<ref>Haines Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/9.|}} f. 9.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Arthur Charles Pakenham|nick=Thomas A. C. Pakenham|appt=30 June, 1948<ref>Pakenham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/210.|}} f. 209.</ref>|end=28 July, 1949<ref>Pakenham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/210.|}} f. 209.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John David Luce|nick=John D. Luce|appt=1952{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1953{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Charles W. Greening}}
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Latest revision as of 13:29, 12 October 2021

H.M.S. Birmingham (1936)
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 18 Jul, 1935[2]
Launched: 1 Sep, 1936[3]
Completed: 18 Nov, 1937[4]
Broken up: 1960

H.M.S. Birmingham was one of five Southampton Class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
  5. Harris Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/347. f. 346.
  6. Harris Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/347. f. 346.
  7. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  8. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. Uboat.net page on the man.
  10. Uboat.net page on the man.
  11. Uboat.net page on the man.
  12. Uboat.net page on the man.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. Haines Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/9. f. 9.
  16. Haines Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/9. f. 9.
  17. Pakenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/210. f. 209.
  18. Pakenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/210. f. 209.
  19. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.


Southampton Class Light Cruiser
Birmingham Glasgow Newcastle Sheffield Southampton
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