Birmingham 1914

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

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Name:	BIRMINGHAM
Type:	Cruiser
Keel:	10/06/1912
Launched:	07/05/1913
Completed:	30/01/1914
Builder:	Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
Yard:	Elswick
Yard Number:	851
Dimensions:	4800disp - 5440disp, 430.0 x 49.5 x 15.8(draft)ft
Engines:	2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, 25000shp
Engines by:	R & W Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle
Propulsion:	2 x Screws, 25.0knots
Construction:	Steel
Armament:	9 x 1 x 6.0ins, 5 x 1 x 3pdr, 1 x 12pdr guns; 2 x 21.0ins torpedoes

History:
30/01/1914	British Royal Navy
12/03/1931	Broken up

Comments:	Member of the Birmingham Class of light cruisers
	12/03/1931: Arrived at Pembroke Dock for breaking up by TW Ward Ltd