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*{{CaptRN}} [[Arthur Allan Morison Duff|Arthur A. M. Duff]], 5 July, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 282.</ref>
*{{CaptRN}} [[Arthur Allan Morison Duff|Arthur A. M. Duff]], 5 July, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 282.</ref>
*Captain [[Ernest Augustus Taylor|Ernest A. Taylor]], 14 March, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 741.</ref>
*Captain [[Ernest Augustus Taylor|Ernest A. Taylor]], 14 March, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 741.</ref>
*[[Bernard Buxton]], .
*Captain [[Alan James Mackenzie-Grieve]], January 1919.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Arthur Goodenough Craufurd]], June 1919.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[George P. England]], September 1921.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Henry John Studholme Brownrigg]], July 1922.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Edward C. Boyle]], January 1923.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Richard H. L. Bevan]], December 1924.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Alfred Englefield Evans]], January 1927.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[L. Stanley Holbrook]], December 1928.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Bernard Buxton]], ?.{{FC}}


==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 21:24, 22 October 2012

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


Career

Birmingham commissioned at Portsmouth on 3 February, 1914.[8]

Alterations

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.[9]

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. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 282.
  9. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  10. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 282.
  11. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 741.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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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