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, 1840[6]
Fate: as aircraft carrier

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

Alterations

Her secondary battery directors were installed in November, 1916, prior to her commissioning.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

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 Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 16.
  8. The Navy List (November, 1917). p. 394a.

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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