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Revision as of 15:56, 16 September 2012

H.M.S. Birkenhead
Career Details
Pendant Numbers: 9A (1914)
15 (Jan 1918)
07 (Apr 1918)[1]
Built By: Cammell Laird
Laid Down:
Launched: 18 January, 1915
Commissioned:
Sold:
Fate:

Alterations

Birkenhead had no Dreyer table.[2]

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.[3]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

  • Captain Arthur M. Stanscomb (Acting) (Temporary), 30 July, 1915.[4]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919. p. 47.
  2. Absent from Handbook for Capt. F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables. p. 3.
  3. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships, 1919. pp. 11-12.
  4. 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, 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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