H.M.S. Birkenhead (1915)
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| 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 |
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:
- Captain Arthur M. Stanscomb (Acting) (Temporary), 30 July, 1915.[9]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 58.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
- ↑ Absent from Handbook for Capt. F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables. p. 3.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships, 1919. pp. 11-12.
- ↑ 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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