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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}}
 
{{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}}
 
{{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}}
 
{{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}}
 
{{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}}

Revision as of 18:27, 30 July 2015

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. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
  12. ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 180.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 780.
  14. ↑ Alington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/336. f. 336.
  15. ↑ Alington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/336. f. 336.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 780.
  17. ↑ Bather Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/438. f. 438.
  18. ↑ Bather Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/438. f. 438.
  19. ↑ Ellison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 230.
  20. ↑ Ellison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 230.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 328.
  22. ↑ Cameron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/409. f. 453.
  23. ↑ Cameron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/409. f. 453.
  24. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  25. ↑ Kennedy assumed command next, undated. Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  26. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  27. ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
  28. ↑ Royle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 170.
  29. ↑ Royle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 170.
  30. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  31. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  32. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  33. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  34. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  35. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  36. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  37. ↑ 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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