HMS Birmingham was a member of the final group of three ships of the so-called "Town" class of light cruisers. Her sister ships were HMS Lowestoft and Nottingham. These three ships were virtually identical to the third group of "Town" ships, but with an additional 6" gun worked in on the forecastle.
Builder: Elswick. Laid down: 1912 [under 1911 Naval Estimates]; launched: May, 1913; complleted: 1914. Displacement: 5440 tons. Crew: 433. Length: 430' p.p.; beam: 49' 10"; draught: 17' 6" maximum. Guns: 9 X 6" [single mounts],1 X 3" aa, 4 X 3 pdr. Torpedo tubes: 2 X 21" submerged. Machinery: 12 Yarrow boilers; Parsons turbines. Fuel: coal and oil. Designed performance: 25,000 shp = 25.5 kts.
Took part in the Battle of Jutland as a member of the Second Light Cruiser Squadron.
HMSBirmingham served in foreign stations until being sold in 1931.
The Birmingham Class were very successful and apart form HMS Nottingham lost during world war one.
HMSBirmingham Commanded by Captain Arthur Duff, Hitting the Conning Tower of the German Submarine U15 First World War antique fl and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War.
HMSBirmingham was a British light cruiser of the 'Chatham' class.
Like HMS Courageous, HMS Glorious was completed in 1917 as a fast cruiser for use in the Great War in the Baltic, but by the 1920s with Britain wanting to increase her aircraft carrier strength she was converted to an aircraft carrier, as was HMS Courageous.
HMS Wasp was a British steam gunboat, which was lost in September 1887 while on a passage from Singapore to Hong-Kong.
Feeds |
Contact