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HMS Glorious |
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HMS Glorious Laid Down : Launched : 24th February 1930 Completed : Type : Aircraft Carrier Class : Courageous Builder : Harland and Wolff Country : UK Pennants : 77 Fate : Converted to Aircraft Carrier, and commissioned 24th February 1930. Sunk 8th June 1940. Was previously : HMS Glorious |
HMS Glorious and her sister ship HMS Courageous were converted into aircraft carriers after it was discovered that the firing of their main armament was causing structural damage to the ships. HMS Glorious was converted in 1930. An interesting fact, was that their main armament of 15inch guns were stored and finally re used for the last battleship of the Royal Navy, HMS Vanguard. The four 15-inch guns from HMS Glorious were mounted aft, and those from Courageous were mounted forward on HMS Vanguard. |
HMS Glorious Photos for Sale |
HMS Glorious, May 1937. | HMS Glorious at Malta 1920s | HMS Glorious | HMS Glorious. | A long shot of the damage caused in the collision. |
The damage to the SS Florida. | The damaged bow of HMS Glorious. | SS Florida in harbour after the collision. | SS Florida at Malaga. | The two ships after they were separated, with D63 HMS Gipsy in attendance. |
Timeline Entries : | |||
10th March 1930 - Commissioned 11th December 1930 - Arrived Suda Bay 1st April 1931 - In collision with French Liner Florida off Gibraltar 1st April 1931 - Arrived Gibraltar 1st April 1931 - Capt. D.F. Moir in Command 7th January 1932 - Sailed Malta 29th January 1932 - Arrived Malta 4th April 1932 - Sailed St. Tropez for Santa Margharita 5th April 1932 - Arrived Santa Margharita 6th April 1932 - At Santa Margherita 14th April 1932 - Arrived Aranci Bay 14th April 1932 - Arrived Aranci Bay 21st April 1932 - Sailed Aranci Bay 22nd April 1932 - Arrived Malta 22nd April 1932 - Arrived Malta 1st October 1932 - Capt. C. E. Kennedy-Purvis in Command 1st October 1932 - Mediterranean Fleet 6th January 1933 - Recommissioned at Plymouth 6th January 1933 - Capt. C.E. Kennedy-Purvis Assumed Command 28th January 1933 - Arrived Gibraltar and sailed for Malta 7th March 1933 - Sailed Malta for Pollensa Bay 28th March 1933 - Sailed Pollensa for Golfe Juan 30th March 1933 - Arrived Golfe Juan 12th April 1933 - Arrived Ajaccio 13th April 1933 - Arrived Arrived Ajaccio 20th April 1933 - Sailed Ajaccio 20th April 1933 - Arrived Bastia 24th April 1933 - Sailed Ajaccio 24th April 1933 - Sailed Bastia 27th April 1933 - Arrived Malta 27th June 1933 - Sailed Malta 29th June 1933 - Arrived Corfu 4th July 1933 - Sailed Corfu 6th July 1933 - Arrived Sibenik 14th July 1933 - Sailed Sibenik 15th July 1933 - Arrived Trieste 24th July 1933 - Sailed Trieste 25th July 1933 - Arrived Gruz 4th August 1933 - Sailed Gruz 5th August 1933 - Arrived Kotor 5th August 1933 - Arrived Kotor 15th August 1933 - Sailed Kotor 17th August 1933 - Arrived Malta 9th January 1934 - Sailed Malta for cruise 11th January 1934 - Arrived Port Drepano 11th January 1934 - Arrived Port Drepano 11th January 1934 - Capt. G.C.C. Royle in Command 23rd January 1934 - Sailed Port Drepano 3rd March 1934 - Sailed Malta for Gibraltar 7th April 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 11th April 1934 - Arrived Malta 23rd April 1934 - Sailed Malta for Gibraltar 1st May 1934 - Arrived Portsmouth 1st May 1934 - Arrived Plymouth 1st May 1934 - Capt. G.C.C. Royle in Command 16th July 1935 - Attended 1935 Spithead Fleet Review 22nd April 1936 - Arrived Malta 27th July 1936 - Arrived Malta 30th September 1936 - Sailed Malta 3rd October 1936 - Arrived Kavala 14th October 1936 - Sailed Kavala 15th October 1936 - Arrived Phalerum Bay 15th October 1936 - Arrived Phalerum Bay 21st October 1936 - Sailed Phalerum Bay 22nd October 1936 - Arrived Suda Bay 22nd October 1936 - Arrived Suda Bay 22nd October 1936 - Arrived Suda Bay 23rd October 1936 - Arrived Suda Bay 28th October 1936 - Sailed Suda Bay 28th October 1936 - Sailed Suda Bay for Malta 28th October 1936 - Sailed Suda Bay for Malta 30th October 1936 - Arrived Malta 6th March 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar 9th March 1937 - Combined Fleet exercises 26th April 1937 - Sailed Malta for UK 16th July 1937 - Arrived Malta 13th August 1937 - Ordered to return to UK from the Mediterranean for refit January 1938 - Mediterranean Fleet 27th March 1938 - Arrived Malta 1st August 1938 - Sailed Crickvenika for Argostoli 23rd January 1939 - Sailed Malta for Alexandria 6th March 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar 20th March 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar 24th March 1939 - Arrived Malta 27th July 1939 - Arrived Alexandria 14th August 1939 - Sailed Limasol for Alexandria 3rd September 1939 - At Alexandria 3rd September 1939 - Mediterranean Fleet 9th October 1939 - Exercised off Alexandri 13th October 1939 - At the celebrations of Foundation Day in Freemantle, Western Australia 16th October 1939 - Arrived Socotra 28th October 1939 - In the Indian Ocean 10th November 1939 - Force J. Sailed Aden 23rd November 1939 - At sea in the Aden area 29th December 1939 - Sailed Colombo 29th December 1939 - Sailed Trincomalee 29th December 1939 - Sailed Trincomalee 7th January 1940 - Arrived Aden 9th January 1940 - Arrived Suez 9th January 1940 - Arrived Suez 13th January 1940 - Arrived Alexandria 15th January 1940 - Sailed Alexandria for Malta 17th January 1940 - Arrived Malta for refitting 24th February 1940 - Completed refit at Malta 26th March 1940 - Sailed Malta for flying exercises 8th June 1940 - Sunk by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau |
HMS Glorious Artwork Collection |
Carrier Glorious - The Life and Death of an Aircraft Carrier by John Winton. | HMS Glorious by Ivan Berryman. | Engage by Randall Wilson. |
Moment of Truth by Keith Woodcock. | Glorious and Furious Riding out a Gale in the Forth by W L Wyllie. |
Database Currently Holds : 6284 ships and 6289 crew!
Last edited : 09:14, September 8, 2011
By : kc
First Added : 12:02, December 7, 2010
By : kc
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