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History | |
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Name | HMS Glory |
Owner | Royal Navy |
Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast |
Launched | 27 Nov 1943 |
Completed | March 1945 |
In service | 2 Apr 1945 |
Out of service | 1956 |
Fate | Scrapped in Inverkeithing, Scotland 1961 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Colossus class Aircraft Carrier |
Tonnage | 13, 400 tons |
Length | 695 ft (212m) |
Beam | 80 ft (24m) |
Depth | 18 ft 6 in (5.64m) |
Propulsion | Twin screw |
Speed | 25 knots (26 km/h) |
Capacity | 1,300 crew with air complement of 48 aircraft |
Armament = 24 × QF 2 pounder naval gun (6 quadruple mounts) & 32 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon