HMS Birmingham (1913)

Birmingham in 1916
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Birmingham
Namesake	Birmingham
Ordered	under 1911 Naval Estimates
Builder	Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick[1]
Yard number	851
Laid down	10 June 1912
Launched	7 May 1913
Completed	30 January 1914
Commissioned	February 1914
Fate	Sold for scrapping February 1931
General characteristics
Class and type	Town-class light cruiser
Displacement	5,440 long tons (5,530 t)
Length	457 ft (139.3 m) o/a
Beam	50 ft (15.2 m)
Draught	15 ft 9 in (4.80 m)
Installed power	25,000 shp (18,642.5 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Parsons steam turbines 12 × Yarrow boilers 2 × shafts
Speed	25.5 kn (29.3 mph; 47.2 km/h)
Range	4,680 nmi (5,390 mi; 8,670 km) at 10 kn (11.5 mph; 18.5 km/h)1
Capacity	Coal: 1,165 short tons (1,057 t) (maximum) Fuel oil: 235 short tons (213 t)
Complement	433
Armament	9 × BL 6 in (152 mm) Mk XII guns 1 × 3 in (76 mm) anti-aircraft gun 4 × 3-pounder guns 2 × machine guns 2 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Belt: 3 in (76 mm) tapering to 1.5 in (38 mm) fore and 1.75 in (44 mm) aft Deck: 0.75–1.5 in (19–38 mm) over vital spaces, 0.4 in (10 mm) elsewhere Gun Shields: 4 in (102 mm) Conning Tower: 4 in (102 mm)

HMS Birmingham was lead ship of the Birmingham group of three ships of the Town-class of light cruisers built by the Royal Navy. Her sister ships were Lowestoft and Nottingham. The three ships were virtually identical to the third group of Town-class ships, but with an additional 6 in (150 mm) gun worked in on the forecastle.