HMS Birkenhead (1915)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Birkenhead.
HMS Birkenhead was one of two Town-class light cruisers originally ordered for the Greek Navy in 1914. She was to be named Antinavarchos Kountouriotis after Vice Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis. The order was placed with Cammell Laird and production continued for the Greek account after the outbreak of World War I in August 1914. In 1915, however, the two cruisers were purchased by the British government, and entered service with the Royal Navy.
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Greece | |
Name | Antinavarchos Kountouriotis |
Namesake | Pavlos Kountouriotis |
Builder | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England |
Laid down | 21 March 1914 |
Launched | 18 January 1915 |
Fate | Sold to the United Kingdom, 1915 |
United Kingdom | |
Namesake | Birkenhead |
Acquired | 1915 |
Commissioned | May 1915 |
Renamed | HMS Birkenhead |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 26 October 1921 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Town-class light cruiser |
Displacement | 5,235 long tons (5,319 t) |
Length | |
Beam | 49 ft 10 in (15.2 m) |
Draught | 15 ft 3 in (4.65 m) (mean) |
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Propulsion | 4 × shafts; 3 × Parsons steam turbines |
Speed | 25.5 kn (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph) |
Complement | about 500 |
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