HMS Glorious

Type:
Battlecruiser (a)
Class:
Builder:
Harland & Wolf Ltd.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Pennant Number:
77
Ordered:
N/A
Launched:
April 20, 1916
Keel Laid:
May 1, 1915
Commissioned:


October 14, 1917
January 7, 1930 (as carrier)
Fate:
Sunk June 8, 1940 by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.

Location: Norwegian Sea 324 miles west of Narvik, Norway.
(68.45N - 04.30E)

1,523 crewmen and Fleet Air Arm men killed, 43 survivors.

*Converted into an aircraft carrier 1924-1930.
Note: HMS Ardent and HMS Acasta were also lost in this action.
(a):
Converted into an aircraft carrier between Feb. 1924 and Jan. 1930.


Builder's Data
Page published Mar. 24, 2007