H.M.S. Glorious (1916)

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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]

Alterations

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

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 Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 16.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 801.
  10. Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
  11. Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 180.
  12. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 780.
  13. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 780.
  14. Ellison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 230.
  15. Ellison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 230.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. Royle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 170.
  19. Royle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 170.

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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