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==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}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eric James Patrick Brind|nick=Eric J. P. Brind|appt=3 January, 1938|end=15 February, 1940}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alexander Cumming Gordon Madden|nick=Alexander C. G. Madden|appt=March, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{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}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert Wyndham Williams|nick=Herbert W. Williams|appt=6 September, 1943{{UBAlly|2668}}|end=12 January, 1944{{UBAlly|2668}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert Wyndham Williams|nick=Herbert W. Williams|appt=1 April, 1944{{UBAlly|2668}}|end=19 November, 1945{{UBAlly|2668}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Walter Gillow Simpson|nick=George W. G. Simpson|appt=November, 1945{{MackieRNW}}|end=1947{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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
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