H.M.S. Birmingham (1936)

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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.

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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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