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Revision as of 14:11, 22 June 2017

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. ↑ Miller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/89/51. f. 51.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 801.
  11. ↑ Miller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/89/51. f. 51.
  12. ↑ Pitts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/241. f. 273.
  13. ↑ Pitts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/241. f. 273.
  14. ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
  15. ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 180.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 780.
  17. ↑ Alington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/336. f. 336.
  18. ↑ Alington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/336. f. 336.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 780.
  20. ↑ Bather Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/438. f. 438.
  21. ↑ Bather Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/438. f. 438.
  22. ↑ Ellison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 230.
  23. ↑ Ellison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 230.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 328.
  25. ↑ Cameron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/409. f. 453.
  26. ↑ Cameron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/409. f. 453.
  27. ↑ Moir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/232. f. 236.
  28. ↑ Moir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/232. f. 236.
  29. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  30. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  31. ↑ Royle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 170.
  32. ↑ Royle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 170.
  33. ↑ Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
  34. ↑ Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
  35. ↑ Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
  36. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  37. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  38. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  39. ↑ 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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