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     C-19  Birmingham     

Country: United Kingdom.
Class, [Type]: Town, [CL].

Builder: Devonport Dockyard, Plimouth, U.K.
Launch date: 1 September 1936.
Commission date: 18 November 1937.
Decommission date: 1960.

Displacement ( tons ): 11350 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 170 x 18,8 x 6,5.
Main machinery: 4 x Parsons geared steam turbines ( 75000 hp ), 4 x Admiralty boilers.
Speed ( knots ): 32.
Complement: 748.

Guns: 4 x 3 150mm Mk13, 4 x 2 100mm Mk16, 2 x 2 47mm, 4 x 2 37mm.
Torpedoes: 2 x 3 533mm torpedo tubes.

Year of visit the Black Sea:  1957 | 1959

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