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HMS Birmingham |
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HMS Birmingham Laid Down : 18th July 1935 Launched : 1st September 1936 Completed : 18th November 1937 Type : Cruiser Class : Southampton Builder : Devonport Country : UK Pennants : C19 Fate : Scrapped 7th September 1960. |
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  HMS Birmingham, January 1938. |   HMS Birmingham, January 1938. |   HMS Birmingham, September 1947. |   HMS Birmingham, in reserve, April 1960. |   HMS Birmingham, in reserve, April 1960. |
  HMS Birmingham at speed circa 1938 |   HMS Birmingham. |   HMS Birmingham |
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18th July 1935 - Laid Down at Devonport Dockyard 1st September 1936 - Launched 1st September 1936 - Pennant Number 19 18th November 1937 - Commissioned January 1938 - 4th Cruiser Squadron, China Station 30th July 1938 - Arrived Wei Hai Wei 7th January 1939 - Sailed Hong Kong for Manila 9th January 1939 - Arrived Manila 14th January 1939 - Sailed Manila 20th January 1939 - Arrived Wei Hai Wei 20th January 1939 - Arrived Wei Hai Wei 6th June 1939 - Sailed Shanghai for Hong Kong 27th July 1939 - Sailed Wei Hai Wei for Woosung 31st July 1939 - Arrived Amoy 2nd September 1939 - 5th Cruiser Squadron, China Station 3rd September 1939 - Sailed Singapore to patrol Mentawi Island area then to Tricomalee 4th October 1939 - Sailed Singapore on patrol 22nd October 1939 - Arrived Singapore 28th October 1939 - Sailed Singapore for patrol in the Sunda Strait 4th November 1939 - Relieved by HMS Dauntless in the Sunda Strait 4th November 1939 - Relieved of patrol in the Sunda Strait by HMS Dauntless 6th November 1939 - Arrived Singapore 7th November 1939 - Sailed Singapore for Hong Kong 10th November 1939 - Arrived Hong Kong 13th November 1939 - Sailed Hong Kong on patrol in Chinese waters. 22nd November 1939 - Sailed Hong Kong 28th November 1939 - Arrived at Hong Kong escorting French liner Andre Lebon 6th December 1939 - Sailed Hong Kong to search for German steamer Burgenland 17th December 1939 - While refuelling, collided with tanker Francol at the Saddle Islands off Shanghai 27th December 1939 - Arrived at Hong Kong for docking 27th December 1939 - Arrived at Hong Kong for repairs 29th December 1939 - Repairs complete at Hong Kong 3rd January 1940 - Sailed Hong Kong for Singapore 3rd January 1940 - Sailed Hong Kong for UK 8th January 1940 - Arrived Singapore 11th January 1940 - Arrived Colombo 16th January 1940 - Arrived Aden 19th January 1940 - Arrived Suez 20th January 1940 - Attached to the Mediterranean Fleet as the Commander in Chief's Flagship 21st January 1940 - Arrived Malta for refitting 5th February 1940 - Completed refit. Sailed Malta for Alexandria 6th February 1940 - Arrived Alexandria 11th February 1940 - Sailed Alexandria. Patrolled in the Mediterranean 19th February 1940 - Sailed for the Home Fleet Malta 21st February 1940 - Passed Gibraltar 24th February 1940 - Arrived Portsmouth 6th March 1940 - Attached to the Portsmouth Command while refitting there 16th March 1940 - Sailed Portsmouth for Scapa Flow 19th March 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow from refitting. May 1941 - Patrolled the Iceland-Faroes gap 13th June 1942 - Sailed from Alexandria to join Convoy MW11 which had sailed earlier from Egypt (Operation VIGOROUS). 14th June 1942 - Met convoy and came under air attacks. Under threat of attack by U77 15th June 1942 - Under attack by German E-Boats 29th January 1943 - Commissioned 15th May 1943 - Damaged during air attacks 12th November 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow 11th May 1945 - Arrived Copenhagen 7th March 1946 - Sailed Portland 11th March 1946 - Arrived Gibraltar 12th March 1946 - Sailed Gibraltar 22nd March 1946 - Arrived Trinidad 25th March 1946 - Sailed Trinidad 28th March 1946 - Arrived Jamaica 1st April 1946 - Sailed Jamaica 3rd April 1946 - Arrived Nassau 6th April 1946 - Sailed Nassau 8th April 1946 - Arrived Bermuda 10th April 1946 - Sailed Bermuda 18th April 1946 - Arrived Portland 1950 - Commenced refit 1952 - Completed refit 7th January 1953 - Off Korea. Shelled Enemy positions 4th August 1955 - Sailed Chatham 8th August 1955 - Arrived Gibraltar 12th August 1955 - Sailed Gibraltar 15th August 1955 - Arrived Malta 9th September 1955 - Sailed Malta for Cyprus 11th September 1955 - Sailed Cyprus 11th September 1955 - Arrived Cyprus 13th September 1955 - Arrived Malta 15th September 1955 - Sailed Malta 16th September 1955 - Arrived Taranto 19th September 1955 - Sailed Taranto 20th September 1955 - Arrived Malta 21st September 1955 - Sailed Malta Exercise Medflex Champion 3rd October 1955 - Sailed Izmir 5th October 1955 - Arrived Malta 10th October 1955 - Sailed Malta 13th October 1955 - Arrived Algiers 16th October 1955 - Sailed Algiers 20th October 1955 - Sailed Malta 21st October 1955 - Arrived Naples 25th October 1955 - Sailed Naples 26th October 1955 - Arrived Malta 28th October 1955 - Self maintenance period at Malta 5th December 1955 - Completed self maintenance period at Malta 10th December 1955 - Sailed Malta 12th December 1955 - Arrived Algiers 14th December 1955 - Sailed Algiers 15th December 1955 - Arrived Gibraltar 19th December 1955 - Sailed Gibraltar 21st December 1955 - Arrived Malta 1960 - Broken up | |||
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