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==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
| − | Dates of appointment | + | Dates of appointment are provided when known. |
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| − | *{{CaptRN}} [[Charles Blois Miller|Charles B. Miller]], 27 August, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (February, 1919). p. 801.</ref> | + | * {{CaptRN}} [[Charles Blois Miller|Charles B. Miller]], 27 August, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (February, 1919). p. 801.</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> |
| − | * Captain [[Rowland Henry Bather]], 12 January, 1921.{{NLJan21|p. 780}} | + | * Captain [[Rowland Henry Bather]], 12 January, 1921.{{NLJan21|p. 780}} |
| − | * Captain [[Dashwood Fowler Moir]], August, 1929.{{MackieRNW}} | + | * Captain [[Dashwood Fowler Moir]], August, 1929.{{MackieRNW}} |
| − | * Captain [[Charles Edward Kennedy-Purvis|Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis]], March, 1931.{{MackieRNW}} | + | * Captain [[Charles Edward Kennedy-Purvis|Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis]], March, 1931.{{MackieRNW}} |
| − | * Captain [[Gerald William Vivian]], ?.{{FC}} | + | * Captain [[Gerald William Vivian]], ?.{{FC}} |
| + | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 13:05, 28 April 2014
| H.M.S. Glorious (1916) | |
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| 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.
- Captain Charles B. Miller, 27 August, 1916.[9]
- Captain Argentine Hugh Alington, 10 August, 1920.[10]
- Captain Rowland Henry Bather, 12 January, 1921.[11]
- Captain Dashwood Fowler Moir, August, 1929.[12]
- Captain Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis, March, 1931.[13]
- Captain Gerald William Vivian, ?.[Fact Check]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 37.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 780.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 16.
- ↑ The Navy List (February, 1919). p. 801.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 780.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 780.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ 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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