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Gunnery Officer: Commander [[Charles George Ley Woollcombe]], 1916-1919
 
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By late 1920, she was a turret drill ship at Devonport.{{NLJan21|p. 780}}
  
 
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Her secondary battery directors were installed in November, 1916, prior to her commissioning.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', p. 16.</ref>
 
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Charles Blois Miller|Charles B. Miller]], 27 August, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (November, 1917).  p. 394''a''.</ref>
 
*{{CaptRN}} [[Charles Blois Miller|Charles B. Miller]], 27 August, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (November, 1917).  p. 394''a''.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Argentine Hugh Alington]], 10 August, 1920.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 780.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Argentine Hugh Alington]], 10 August, 1920.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 780.</ref>
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* Captain [[Dashwood Fowler Moir]], August 1929.{{MackieRNW}}
 
* Captain [[Dashwood Fowler Moir]], August 1929.{{MackieRNW}}
 
* Captain [[Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis]], March 1931.{{MackieRNW}}
 
* Captain [[Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis]], March 1931.{{MackieRNW}}

Revision as of 13:46, 2 September 2013

H.M.S. Glorious (1916)
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

Gunnery Officer: Commander Charles George Ley Woollcombe, 1916-1919

Service

By late 1920, she was a turret drill ship at Devonport.[7]

Alterations

Her secondary battery directors were installed in November, 1916, prior to her commissioning.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

More data at Colin Mackie's website.[14]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 37.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 780.
  8. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 16.
  9. ↑ The Navy List (November, 1917). p. 394a.
  10. ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 780.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 780.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ 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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