HMS Birmingham (1936)

GPTKB entity

Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf light cruiser
gptkbp:armament 8 × 0.5 in machine guns
12 × 6 in guns
8 × 4 in guns
6 × 21 in torpedo tubes
gptkbp:badge A mural crown with a cross and sword
gptkbp:beam 62 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Devonport_Dockyard
gptkbp:class gptkb:Southampton_sub-class
gptkbp:commissioned 1937
gptkbp:complement 748
gptkbp:damaged_location off North Africa
gptkbp:date_damaged 28 November 1943
gptkbp:destroyedBy gptkb:ship
gptkbp:displacement 9,100 tons (standard)
11,650 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 20 ft
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Birmingham (1936)
gptkbp:launched 1 September 1936
gptkbp:length 591 ft
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Birmingham,_England
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn Arctic convoys
Mediterranean operations
Pacific operations
gptkbp:pennantNumber C19
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:HMS_Birmingham_(1913)
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × shafts
4 × Parsons steam turbines
gptkbp:range 6,000 nautical miles at 14 knots
gptkbp:scrapped 1952
gptkbp:serves gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 32 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Birmingham_(D86)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:HMS_Birmingham
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6