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Revision as of 15:06, 18 September 2012

H.M.S. Birmingham
Career Details
Pendant Numbers: 45 (1914)
16 (Jan 1918)
28 (Apr 1918)[1]
Built By:
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Sold:
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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. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 282.
  3. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919, pp. 11-12.
  4. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 282.
  5. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 741.

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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