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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}}
  
 
She paid off at Portsmouth on 26 May, 1920.<ref>''The Navy List'', (January, 1921), p. 733.</ref>
 
She paid off at Portsmouth on 26 May, 1920.<ref>''The Navy List'', (January, 1921), p. 733.</ref>

Revision as of 16:44, 16 October 2013

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]

She paid off at Portsmouth on 26 May, 1920.[8]

Alterations

Birkenhead had no Dreyer table.[9]

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.[10]

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. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 33, 46.
  8. ↑ The Navy List, (January, 1921), p. 733.
  9. ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. omitted on p. 3.
  10. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  11. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 46.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 741.
  16. ↑ 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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