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Gunnery Officer: Commander [[Charles George Ley Woollcombe]], 1916-1919
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'''H.M.S. ''Glorious''''' was completed as a battlecruiser, but converted to an aircraft carrier in the late 1920s.
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==Service==
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Commander [[Charles George Ley Woollcombe]], served as her gunnery officer from 1916-1919.
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By late 1920, she was a turret drill ship at Devonport.{{NLJan21|p. 780}}
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Paid off to Dockyard Control at Rosyth on 14 February, 1924.{{NLFeb29|p. 242}}
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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.{{NLJul31|pp. 242-3}}
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By the beginning of 1933, she was down to six flights and the headquarters, totalling 22 pilots.{{NLJan33|pp. 242-3}}
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In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10.  Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.{{ToL|Warships' Bells|12 June 1933, p. 11}}
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She was reduced to special complement at Devonport on 26 May, 1934 and had no aircrew assigned.{{NLJul34|p. 243}}
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Re-commissioned at Devonport on 23 July, 1935 for service in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul37|p. 244}}
  
 
==Alterations==
 
==Alterations==
 
 
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>
 
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>
  
==Commanding Officers==
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==Captains==
Dates of appointment given:
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Glorious''">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Blois Miller|nick=Charles B. Miller|appt=27 August, 1916<ref>Miller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/89/51.|D8115576}} f. 51.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 801}}|end=12 March, 1919<ref>Miller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/89/51.|D8115576}} f. 51.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Tobin Bush|nick=James T. Bush|appt=13 March, 1919|end=1 August, 1919}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting Captain|name=Percy Pitts|nick=Percy Pitts|appt=1 August, 1919<ref>Pitts Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/241.|D7603027}} f. 273.</ref>|end=21 May, 1920<ref>Pitts Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/241.|D7603027}} f. 273.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gerald William Vivian|nick=Gerald W. Vivian|appt=21 May, 1920<ref>Vivian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 63.</ref>|end=11 August, 1920<ref>Vivian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 180.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Argentine Hugh Alington|nick=Argentine H. Alington|appt=10 August, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 780}}<ref>Alington Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/336.}} f. 336.</ref>|end=12 January, 1921<ref>Alington Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/336.}} f. 336.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Rowland Henry Bather|nick=Rowland H. Bather|appt=12 January, 1921{{NLJan21|p. 780}}<ref>Bather Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/438.|D7576567}} f. 438.</ref>|end=16 May, 1922<ref>Bather Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/438.|D7576567}} f. 438.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain to Rear Admiral Johnson}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Astley Ellison|nick=Alfred A. Ellison|appt=16 May, 1922<ref>Ellison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 230.</ref>|end=1 November, 1922<ref>Ellison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 230.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet Devonport}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Ewen Cameron|nick=John E. Cameron|appt=1 November, 1922{{NLJan15|p. 328}}<ref>Cameron Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/409.|D7602727}} f. 453.</ref>|end=1 February, 1924<ref>Cameron Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/409.|D7602727}} f. 453.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet Devonport}}
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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>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Saumarez Daniel|nick=Charles S. Daniel|appt=30 June, 1934<ref>Daniel Service Record.  {{TNA|196/56/148.|}} f. 150.</ref>|end=31 August, 1934|note=vice Royle}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Guy L'Estrange Mansfield Sturges|nick=Guy L'E. M. Sturges|appt=31 August, 1934<ref>Sturges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/170.|}} f. 170.</ref>|end=28 December, 1934<ref>Sturges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/170.|}} f. 170.</ref>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Clive Rawlings|nick=Henry C. Rawlings|appt=1 May, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 243}}<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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bruce Austin Fraser, First Baron Fraser|nick=Bruce A. Fraser|appt=22 May, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 244}}|end=7 December, 1937|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral, Aircraft Carriers}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Lumley St. George Lyster|nick=Arthur L. St. G. Lyster|appt=7 December, 1937|end=12 April, 1939}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Guy D'Oyly-Hughes|nick=Guy D'Oyly-Hughes|appt=May, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=8 June, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when ship sank}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
*{{CaptRN}} [[Charles Blois Miller|Charles B. Miller]], 27 August, 1916.<ref>''Navy List'' (November, 1917).  p. 394''a''.</ref>
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==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
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==External Source==
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Glorious_(1916) Wikipedia article.]
 
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Latest revision as of 13:32, 9 May 2022

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

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]

In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.[11]

She was reduced to special complement at Devonport on 26 May, 1934 and had no aircrew assigned.[12]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 23 July, 1935 for service in the Mediterranean.[13]

Alterations

Her secondary battery directors were installed in November, 1916, prior to her commissioning.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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 Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 242.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1931). pp. 242-3.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1933). pp. 242-3.
  11. "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 243.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 244.
  14. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 16.
  15. Miller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/89/51. f. 51.
  16. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 801.
  17. Miller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/89/51. f. 51.
  18. Pitts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/241. f. 273.
  19. Pitts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/241. f. 273.
  20. Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
  21. Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 180.
  22. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 780.
  23. Alington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/336. f. 336.
  24. Alington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/336. f. 336.
  25. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 780.
  26. Bather Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/438. f. 438.
  27. Bather Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/438. f. 438.
  28. Ellison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 230.
  29. Ellison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 230.
  30. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 328.
  31. Cameron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/409. f. 453.
  32. Cameron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/409. f. 453.
  33. Moir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/232. f. 236.
  34. Moir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/232. f. 236.
  35. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 242.
  36. Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  37. Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  38. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 242.
  39. Royle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 170.
  40. Royle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 170.
  41. Daniel Service Record. The National Archives. 196/56/148. f. 150.
  42. Sturges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/170. f. 170.
  43. Sturges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/170. f. 170.
  44. Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
  45. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 243.
  46. Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
  47. Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
  48. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 244.
  49. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  50. 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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