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Gunnery Officer: Commander [[Charles George Ley Woollcombe]], 1916-1919
 
Gunnery Officer: Commander [[Charles George Ley Woollcombe]], 1916-1919
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==Service==
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By late 1920, she was a turret drill ship at Devonport.{{NLJan21|p. 780}}
  
 
==Alterations==
 
==Alterations==
 
 
Her secondary battery directors were installed in November, 1916, prior to her commissioning.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', p. 16.</ref>
 
Her secondary battery directors were installed in November, 1916, prior to her commissioning.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', p. 16.</ref>
  
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Charles Blois Miller|Charles B. Miller]], 27 August, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (November, 1917).  p. 394''a''.</ref>
 
*{{CaptRN}} [[Charles Blois Miller|Charles B. Miller]], 27 August, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (November, 1917).  p. 394''a''.</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]], January 1921.{{MackieRNW}}
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* 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 E. Kennedy-Purvis]], March 1931.{{MackieRNW}}
 
* Captain [[Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis]], March 1931.{{MackieRNW}}

Revision as of 13:46, 2 September 2013

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

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

Service

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 given:

More data at Colin Mackie's website.[14]

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 (November, 1917). p. 394a.
  10. The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 780.
  11. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 780.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. 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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