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Royal Navy - HMS Glorius, aircraft carrier, at anchor in Grand Harbour Valetta.. 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 Warship at Anchor in Valetta's Grand Harbour This evocative photograph captures HMS Glorious, a historic British battlecruiser, at anchor in Valletta's Grand Harbour. Completed in late 1916, 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, these ships were relatively lightly armed and armoured. 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 a year later. After the war, 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 presence on the seas. Re-commissioned in 1930, HMS Glorious spent most of her career operating in the Mediterranean Sea. At the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, she 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. In June 1940, Glorious was recalled home to support operations in Norway. Tragically, while evacuating British aircraft from Norway, 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 part of The Peter Butt Aviation Collection held at Mary Evans Prints Online. It offers a unique glimpse into the history of this iconic British warship and the role she played in defending the nation during two world wars.
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