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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Birmingham''" nat=UK> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Birmingham''" nat=UK> | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Frederick Harris|nick=Charles F. Harris|appt=August, 1937{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1938{{MackieRNW}}|precBy=New Command}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eric James Patrick Brind|nick=Eric J. P. Brind|appt=January, 1938{{MackieRNW}}|end=March, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
+ | {{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{{MackieRNW}}|end=September, 1943{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert Wyndham Williams|nick=Herbert W. Williams|appt=September, 1943{{MackieRNW}}|end=November, 1945{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
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Revision as of 22:42, 13 November 2016
H.M.S. Birmingham (1936) | |
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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
- Captain Charles F. Harris, August, 1937[5] – January, 1938[6]
- Captain Eric J. P. Brind, January, 1938[7] – March, 1940[8]
- Captain Alexander C. G. Madden, March, 1940[9] – December, 1941[10]
- Captain Henry B. Crane, December, 1941[11] – September, 1943[12]
- Captain Herbert W. Williams, September, 1943[13] – November, 1945[14]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
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