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| Laid down | 1st May 1915 |
| Launched | 20th April 1916 |
| Completed | N/A |
| Commissioned | 14th October 1917 |
| Fate | Sunk: 18th June 1940 |
| Builders | Harland & Wolff, Belfast United Kingdom |
| Complement | As battlecruiser: 856 As carrier: 1200 |
| Dimensions | |
|---|---|
| Displacement | As battlecruiser: 19230 tons std 22690 tons max As carrier: 22352 tons std 26518 tons max |
| Dimensions | As battlecruiser: 786' 6" x 80' As carrier: 786' 6" x 90' 6" |
| Draught | 27' 3" |
| Armament | |
| Main guns | As battlecruiser: 4 x 15" (2 x 2) As carrier: 16 x 4.7" |
| Secondary guns | As battlecruiser: 18 x 4" (6 x 3) As carrier: 2 x 4" |
| Torpedo tubes | As battlecruiser: 2 x 21" As carrier: None |
| Other weapons | As battlecruiser: 2 x 3" As carrier: 4 x 2pdr 18 x 2pdr (3 x 6) |
| Countermeasures | None |
| Armour | Belt: 2" - 3" Deck: 0.75" - 1.5" Barbettes: 3" - 7" Turrets: 13" |
| Aircraft Facilities | |
| Aircraft | As battlecruiser: None As carrier: 48 various 16 x Fairey Flycatcher 16 x Blackburn IIIF 16 x Ripon |
| Flightdeck | As battlecruiser: None As carrier: 530' x 84' 6" |
| Hangar | As battlecruiser: None As carrier: 2 x 550' x 72' |
| Catapults | As battlecruiser: None As carrier: None |
| Arrestor system | As battlecruiser: None As carrier: Cross deck wires |
| Aviation fuel | As battlecruiser: None As carrier: 34500 gallons |
| Electronics Fit | |
| Radar | None |
| Sonar | None |
| ECM | None |
| Other | N/A |
| Machinery | |
| Engines | 18 x Yarrow boilers 4 x Parsons steam turbines |
| Power output | 90000shp |
| Speed | 30.5kts |
| Shafts | 4 |
| Range | 5860NM @ 16kts |
| Fuel | 3861 tons oil |
Glorious was refitted at Rosyth in June 1925, and was completed at Devonport,
recommissioning on 10th March 1930. In 1940, she launched Skuas and Sea Gladiators
during the Norwegian campaign.
During the withdrawl from Norway, she was caught by the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau
with a full deck of Hurricanes and Gladiators, and unable to launch her aircraft she
was sunk with great loss of life.
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