H.M.S. Glorious
77
1939
(Neptun 1118)
- Class: Courageous - 2 aircraft carriers of 1921
- Displacement: 22,500 tons
- Dimensions: 735 (pp) 786.25 (oa) x 90.5 x 24 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 90,000 = 30.5 knots
- Armor: Main belt 1.5-2 in. (fwd), 3 in. (aft), deck 1-1.5-3 in.
- Armament: 16-4.7 in. (16x1), 24-2 pdr. A.A. (3x8) guns
- Aircraft: 48
- Complement: 748 (ship) + 468 (air wing)
- Builder: Harland & Wolff, Belfast
- Laid Down: 1 May 1915
- Launched: 20 Apr 1916
- Commissioned: Nov 1916
- Recommissioned: 10 Mar 1930
- Service: Former light battlecruiser (4-15 in., 18-4 in.) converted to aircraft carrier, 1924-30. Mediterranean fleet 1939-40, Home fleet 1940. While under escort of destroyers Acasta and Ardent, she was surprised and sunk by German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau west of Narvik 8 Jun 1940.
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