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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Dashwood Fowler Moir|nick=Dashwood F. Moir|appt=August, 1929<ref>Moir Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/232.|D7603484}} f. 236.</ref>|end=April, 1931<ref>Moir Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/232.|D7603484}} f. 236.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Dashwood Fowler Moir|nick=Dashwood F. Moir|appt=August, 1929<ref>Moir Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/232.|D7603484}} f. 236.</ref>|end=April, 1931<ref>Moir Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/232.|D7603484}} f. 236.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Edward Kennedy-Purvis|nick=Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis|appt=14 March, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 242}}<ref>Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604157}} f. 31.</ref>|end=1932<ref>Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604157}} f. 31.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Edward Kennedy-Purvis|nick=Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis|appt=14 March, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 242}}<ref>Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604157}} f. 31.</ref>|end=1932<ref>Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604157}} f. 31.</ref>}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Guy Charles Cecil Royle|nick=Guy C. C. Royle|appt=10 December, 1932<ref>Royle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 170.</ref>|end=30 June, 1934<ref>Royle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 170.</ref>}} | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Guy Charles Cecil Royle|nick=Guy C. C. Royle|appt=10 December, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 242}}<ref>Royle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 170.</ref>|end=30 June, 1934<ref>Royle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 170.</ref>}} |
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Berwick Crane|nick=Henry B. Crane|appt=27 December, 1934|end=1 May, 1935<ref>Rawlings Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/96.|D7604000}} f. 500.</ref>|note=vice "Sturgess"}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Berwick Crane|nick=Henry B. Crane|appt=27 December, 1934|end=1 May, 1935<ref>Rawlings Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/96.|D7604000}} f. 500.</ref>|note=vice "Sturgess"}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Clive Rawlings|nick=Henry C. Rawlings|appt=1 May, 1935<ref>Rawlings Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/96.|D7604000}} f. 500.</ref>|end=June, 1936<ref>Rawlings Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/96.|D7604000}} f. 500.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Clive Rawlings|nick=Henry C. Rawlings|appt=1 May, 1935<ref>Rawlings Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/96.|D7604000}} f. 500.</ref>|end=June, 1936<ref>Rawlings Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/96.|D7604000}} f. 500.</ref>}} |
Revision as of 13:01, 18 April 2018
H.M.S. Glorious (1916) | |
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Pendant Number: | 67 (Jan 1918) 56 (Apr 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Harland & Wolff[2] |
Laid down: | 1 May, 1915[3] |
Launched: | 20 Apr, 1916[4] |
Commissioned: | Jan, 1917[5] |
Torpedoed: | 8 Jun, 1940[6] |
Fate: | as aircraft carrier |
H.M.S. Glorious was completed as a battlecruiser, but converted to an aircraft carrier in the late 1920s.
Service
Commander Charles George Ley Woollcombe, served as her gunnery officer from 1916-1919.
By late 1920, she was a turret drill ship at Devonport.[7]
Paid off to Dockyard Control at Rosyth on 14 February, 1924.[8]
Completed to Full Complement at Devonport on 24 February, 1930 for service in the Mediterranean with no fewer than eight Fleet Air Arm flights embarked under a headquarters unit.[9]
By the beginning of 1933, she was down to six flights and the headquarters, totalling 22 pilots.[10]
Alterations
Her secondary battery directors were installed in November, 1916, prior to her commissioning.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Charles B. Miller, 27 August, 1916[12][13] – 12 March, 1919[14]
- Captain James T. Bush, 13 March, 1919 – 1 August, 1919
- Acting Captain Percy Pitts, 1 August, 1919[15] – 21 May, 1920[16]
- Captain Gerald W. Vivian, 21 May, 1920[17] – 11 August, 1920[18]
- Captain Argentine H. Alington, 10 August, 1920[19][20] – 12 January, 1921[21]
- Captain Rowland H. Bather, 12 January, 1921[22][23] – 16 May, 1922[24] (and as Flag Captain to Rear Admiral Johnson)
- Captain Alfred A. Ellison, 16 May, 1922[25] – 1 November, 1922[26] (and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet Devonport)
- Captain John E. Cameron, 1 November, 1922[27][28] – 1 February, 1924[29] (and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet Devonport)
- Captain Dashwood F. Moir, August, 1929[30] – April, 1931[31]
- Captain Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis, 14 March, 1931[32][33] – 1932[34]
- Captain Guy C. C. Royle, 10 December, 1932[35][36] – 30 June, 1934[37]
- Captain Henry B. Crane, 27 December, 1934 – 1 May, 1935[38] (vice "Sturgess")
- Captain Henry C. Rawlings, 1 May, 1935[39] – June, 1936[40]
- Captain Bruce A. Fraser, 22 May, 1936 – 7 December, 1937 (and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral, Aircraft Carriers)
- Captain Arthur L. St. G. Lyster, 7 December, 1937 – 12 April, 1939
- Captain Guy D'Oyly-Hughes, May, 1939[41] – 8 June, 1940[42] (killed when ship sank)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 37.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 780.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 242.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). pp. 242-3.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). pp. 242-3.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 16.
- ↑ Miller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/89/51. f. 51.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 801.
- ↑ Miller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/89/51. f. 51.
- ↑ Pitts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/241. f. 273.
- ↑ Pitts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/241. f. 273.
- ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
- ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 180.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 780.
- ↑ Alington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/336. f. 336.
- ↑ Alington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/336. f. 336.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 780.
- ↑ Bather Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/438. f. 438.
- ↑ Bather Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/438. f. 438.
- ↑ Ellison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 230.
- ↑ Ellison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 230.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 328.
- ↑ Cameron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/409. f. 453.
- ↑ Cameron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/409. f. 453.
- ↑ Moir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/232. f. 236.
- ↑ Moir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/232. f. 236.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 242.
- ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
- ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 242.
- ↑ Royle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 170.
- ↑ Royle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 170.
- ↑ Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
- ↑ Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
- ↑ Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).
- Roberts, John (1997). Battlecruisers. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 186176006X. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1557500681. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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