Thursday, October 25, 2007

Birkenhead class light cruisers

The two Birkenhead class light cruisers were originally ordered by the Greek government, and were based on the British Chatham class of cruisers.
HMS Birkenhead was the name ship of the Birkenhead class of light cruisers, two “town” class cruisers taken over from the Greeks in 1915.
HMS Chester was a Birkenhead class light cruiser, originally ordered by the Greek government as the Lambros Katsonis.

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