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''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.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919'', pp. 11-12.</ref>
''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.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919'', pp. 11-12.</ref>


==Commanding Officers==
{{CAPTAINS}}
Dates of appointment given:
 
*{{CaptRN}} [[Arthur Allan Morison Duff|Arthur A. M. Duff]], 5 July, 1913.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 282.</ref>
*{{CaptRN}} [[Arthur Allan Morison Duff|Arthur A. M. Duff]], 5 July, 1913.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 282.</ref>
*Captain Ernest A. Taylor, 14 March, 1917.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 741.</ref>
*Captain Ernest A. Taylor, 14 March, 1917.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 741.</ref>
*[[Bernard Buxton]], .


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

Revision as of 02:35, 12 July 2012

H.M.S. Birmingham
Career Details
Pendant Numbers: 45 (1914)
16 (Jan 1918)
28 (Apr 1918)[1]
Built By:
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Career

Birmingham commissioned at Portsmouth on 3 February, 1914.[2]

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.[3]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
  2. ↑ Navy List (December, 1914). p. 282.
  3. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, pp. 11-12.
  4. ↑ Navy List (December, 1914). p. 282.
  5. ↑ Navy List (December, 1918). p. 741.

Bibliography

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