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*Captain Arthur M. Stanscomb (Acting) (Temporary), 30 July, 1915.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 741.</ref>
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Edward Reeves]] August 1915,{{MackieRNW}} in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]].{{UKJutlandOD|p. 46}}
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*Captain [[Henry FitzRoy George Talbot]], May 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Arthur M. Stanscomb]] (Acting) (Temporary), 30 July, 1915.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 741.</ref>
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*Captain [[Graham Richard Leicester Edwards]], December 1918.{{MackieRNW}}
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 21:36, 22 October 2012

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.

Alterations

Birkenhead had no Dreyer table.[7]

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.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

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. Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. omitted on p. 3.
  8. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  9. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 46.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 741.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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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