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 |
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:
- Captain Charles B. Miller, 27 August, 1916.[8]
- Captain Argentine Hugh Alington, 10 August, 1920.[9]
- Captain Rowland Henry Bather, January 1921.[10]
- Captain Dashwood Fowler Moir, August 1929.[11]
- Captain Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis, March 1931.[12]
- Captain Gerald William Vivian, ?.[Fact Check]
More data at Colin Mackie's website.[13]
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 Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 16.
- ↑ The Navy List (November, 1917). p. 394a.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 780.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ 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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