BIRMINGHAM

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Light Cruiser

Nickname

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Ship Class

Birmingham Class (Town class)

Grouping

2nd Light Cruiser Squadron, leader Southampton (Goodenough)

Command

Battle-Cruiser Fleet

Builder's Yard

Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

10.06.1912

Launch Date

07.05.1913

Completed date

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Commission date

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Year laid down

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Year launched

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Year completed

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Commission Year

1914 (Feb)

Pennant No

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Photo Details

Public Domain. Photographer not identified - This is photograph SP 1812 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 1900-01)

Related stories

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Sister ships

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Eventual Fate

Sold for scrap 1933

Jutland result

Heavy damage sustained during the night fighting at Jutland.

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Captain Arthur A. M. Dull

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

433

Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

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Wounded

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Prisoners

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Displacement full Load (tons)

5,530

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

457'

Length (mtrs)

193.3

Beam (ft)

50

Beam (mtrs)

15.2

Draught (ft)

15' 9"

Draught (mtrs)

4.8

Max. Speed (knots)

25.5

Range (miles)

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Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

Coal. 1,051 tons plus 213 tons oil

Propulsion

4 shafts, powered by four Parsons steam turbines and 12 Yarrow boilers.

Armour Main Belt

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Deck Armour

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Turret Armour IN CM

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Conning Tower Armour

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Barbette Armour

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Weight of armour

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Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

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General Notes

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Fire Control Table

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Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

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No. Primary Turrets

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Guns (No.barrels)

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Primary gun layout

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Rounds per main gun

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Effective broadside guns

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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

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Primary Broadside Weight

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Secondary Gun Calibre

BL 6" (152 mm) Mk XII guns

Guns (No.barrels) 2

9

Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

One 3" (76 mm) AA gun, Four Single 47 mm (1.9”) 3-pdr guns and two machine guns

Elevation (degrees)

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Gunnery Range (yards)

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Gunnery Range (metres)

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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

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Shells expended Main

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Mines dropped

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Shells expended Secondary

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Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

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Torpedo Type IN

21"

No. tubes

2

Torpedo Type MM

530 mm

No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

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References & sources

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