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At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she was one of four light cruisers of the {{UK-LCS|3}} screening the battlecruisers, operating under {{CaptRN}} [[Edward Reeves]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 33, 46}}
 
At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she was one of four light cruisers of the {{UK-LCS|3}} screening the battlecruisers, operating under {{CaptRN}} [[Edward Reeves]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 33, 46}}
  
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On 23 April, 1919, [[Cole Cortlandt Fowler|Cole C. Fowler]] hoisted his flag in ''Birkenhead'' as [[Rear-Admiral Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth|Reserve Fleet (Royal Navy)]].  Exactly one year later, {{UK-StVincent}} took over this flagship role.<ref>Fowler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579086}} f. 417.</ref>
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''Birkenhead'' paid off at Portsmouth on 26 May, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 733}}
  
 
==Alterations==
 
==Alterations==

Revision as of 15:21, 8 February 2015

H.M.S. Birkenhead (1915)
Pendant Number: 9A (1914)
15 (Jan 1918)
07 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird[2]
Laid down: 27 Mar, 1914[3]
Launched: 18 Jan, 1915[4]
Commissioned: May, 1915[5]
Sold: 26 Oct, 1921[6]
Fate: Broken up

H.M.S. Birkenhead fought at the Battle of Jutland as part of the Third Light Cruiser Squadron.

Service

At the Battle of Jutland, she was one of four light cruisers of the Third Light Cruiser Squadron screening the battlecruisers, operating under Captain Edward Reeves.[7]

On 23 April, 1919, Cole C. Fowler hoisted his flag in Birkenhead as Reserve Fleet (Royal Navy). Exactly one year later, St. Vincent took over this flagship role.[8]

Birkenhead paid off at Portsmouth on 26 May, 1920.[9]

Alterations

Birkenhead had no Dreyer table.[10]

She was fitted with a director in July, 1917. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 58.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 58.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 58.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  7. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 33, 46.
  8. ↑ Fowler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 417.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 733.
  10. ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. omitted on p. 3.
  11. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392l.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391s.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 741.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 741.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 740.

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, 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.
  • 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.


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