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HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier

Royal Navy - HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier, at anchor, steaming up. HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Designed to support the Baltic Project championed by the First Sea Lord, Lord Fisher, they were relatively lightly armed and armoured. Glorious was completed in late 1916 and spent the war patrolling the North Sea. She participated in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight in November 1917 and was present when the German High Seas Fleet surrendered a year later. Glorious was paid off after the war, but was rebuilt as an aircraft carrier during the late 1920s. She could carry 30 per cent more aircraft than her half-sister Furious which had a similar tonnage. After re-commissioning in 1930, she spent most of her career operating in the Mediterranean Sea. After the start of the Second World War in 1939, Glorious spent the rest of the year unsuccessfully hunting for the commerce-raiding German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee in the Indian Ocean before returning to the Mediterranean. She was recalled home in April 1940 to support operations in Norway. While evacuating British aircraft from Norway in June, the ship was sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in the North Sea with the loss of over 1, 200 lives. Date: circa 1930

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HMS Glorious: A Historic British Aircraft Carrier This evocative photograph captures HMS Glorious, a historic British aircraft carrier, at anchor with steam rising from her funnels. Completed in late 1916, HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during World War I. Designed to support the Baltic Project, these vessels were relatively lightly armed and armored. HMS Glorious spent the war patrolling the North Sea and participated in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight in November 1917. She was present when the German High Seas Fleet surrendered in 1918. After the war, HMS Glorious was paid off but was rebuilt as an aircraft carrier during the late 1920s. With a capacity to carry 30% more aircraft than her half-sister Furious, which had a similar tonnage, she was a formidable addition to the Royal Navy's fleet. Re-commissioned in 1930, HMS Glorious spent most of her career operating in the Mediterranean Sea. At the outbreak of World War II in 1939, HMS Glorious spent the year unsuccessfully hunting for the German commerce raider Admiral Graf Spee in the Indian Ocean before returning to the Mediterranean. In April 1940, she was recalled home to support operations in Norway. Tragically, while evacuating British aircraft from Norway in June, the ship was sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in the North Sea, resulting in the loss of over 1,200 lives. This photograph, taken circa 1930, is a poignant reminder of HMS Glorious's storied history and the sacrifices made by the brave men who served on her.

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