Light Cruiser Birmingham

Birmingham

國家	英國
艦級	Town 級輕巡洋艦
造船廠	Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth, England, Britain
安放龍骨日期	1935年7月18日
下水日期	1936年9月1日
服役日期	1937年11月18日
排水量	9,100 tons standard; 11,350 tons full
長度	558 feet
寬度	62 feet
吃水	21 feet
動力來源	Four-shaft Parsons geared turbines, four Admiralty 3-drum boilers
功率	75,000 shaft horsepower
速度	32 knots
乘員	748
武裝	4x3x6in guns, 4x2x4in guns, 4x3pdr, 2x4x2pdr, 6x21in torpedo tubes

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Light Cruiser Birmingham 互動地圖

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French cruiser La Motte-Picquet at Shanghai, China, late May or early Jun 1939; note HMS Birmingham ahead of La Motte-Picquet, USS Chaumont aft of La Motte-Picquet

HMS Birmingham at Shanghai, China, late May or early Jun 1939

Life boat from SS Tilawa in process of sinking due to overloading as seen from cruiser HMS Birmingham, 25 Nov 1942.

Birmingham Operational Timeline

1937年11月18日	Birmingham was commissioned into service.
1938年10月21日	Before dawn, HMS Birmingham sailed along the coast of Gulangyu island, an international zone, near Xiamen, China. At 0800 hours, she sailed into Xiamen harbor between four columns of Japanese war ships by surprise; Birmingham's crew was able to take photographs of classified Japanese naval equipment such as fire controls and radar antennae before the Japanese crew was able to cover them up. At 1100 hours, Birmingham set sail for Hong Kong.
1939年5月16日	HMS Birmingham arrived at Gulangyu island, an international settlement off Xiamen, China in response to the arrival of a Japanese Special Naval Landing Force detachment nearby. She disembarked a contingent of sailors and marines.
1939年5月26日	HMS Birmingham departed Xiamen, China with Vice Admiral Percy Noble aboard.
1941年4月22日	Light cruiser HMS Birmingham arrived at Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom at 0602 hours after completing escort duties which began on 8 Feb.
1942年11月26日	Cruiser HMS Birmingham and passenger ship RMS Carthage of the British shipping company P&O picked up all of Tilawa’s 678 survivors.

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2. Victor John Alfred Hillier says:
27 Apr 2020 10:55:07 AM

My uncle Alfred Arthur Frank Hillier served aboard HMS Birmingham he was one of the able bodied seaman who died when the ship was torpedoed by the submarine U407 he is buried in the war cemetery in Alexander Egypt many thanks Victor

3. David Faulkner says:
7 Sep 2020 02:43:52 PM

My Uncle Danny (Daniel Rankin) was a stoker on HMS Birmingham when she was torpedoed in the med. She limped to Alexandria North Africa.

4. Mike Chiles says:
7 Mar 2022 11:35:19 AM

My father, William "Bunty" Chiles, was a leading seaman on the Birmingham when it was struck by the torpedo in the Med.

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