Editing HMS Glorious (section)

{{Short description|Royal Navy aircraft carrier sunk in WWII}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
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{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image=HMS Glorious FL22991.jpg
|Ship caption=''Glorious'' after her conversion into an [[aircraft carrier]]
}}
{{Infobox ship career
|Hide header=
|Ship country=United Kingdom
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}}
|Ship name=''Glorious''
|Ship ordered=14 March 1915
|Ship awarded=
|Ship builder=[[Harland and Wolff]], [[Belfast]]
|Ship yard number=482–484
|Ship identification=[[Pennant number]]: 77
|Ship laid down=1 May 1915
|Ship launched=20 April 1916
|Ship completed=31 December 1916
|Ship christened=
|Ship original cost=[[pound sterling|£]]1,967,223
|Ship commissioned=January 1917
|Ship reclassified=Converted to [[aircraft carrier]], 1924–1930
|Ship nickname=''Laborious''
|Ship fate=Sunk by {{ship|German battleship|Scharnhorst||2}} and {{ship|German battleship|Gneisenau||2}}, 8 June 1940
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
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|Header caption=(as battlecruiser)
|Ship class={{sclass|Courageous|battlecruiser}}
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|19180|LT|t|0|lk=on}} normal
* {{convert|22360|LT|t|0}} ([[deep load]])
|Ship length={{convert|786|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on|1}} ([[Length overall|o/a]])
|Ship beam={{convert|81|ft|m|abbr=on|1}}
|Ship draught={{convert|25|ft|10|in|m|abbr=on|1}}
|Ship power=*18 [[Yarrow boiler]]s
* {{cvt|90000|shp|0|lk=on}}
|Ship propulsion=4 shafts; 4 geared [[steam turbine]]s
|Ship speed={{convert|32|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship range={{convert|6000|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|20|kn}}
|Ship complement=842 officers and men
|Ship armament=*2 × twin [[BL 15 inch Mk I naval gun|15&nbsp;in (381&nbsp;mm) guns]]
* 6 × triple [[BL 4 inch Mk IX naval gun|4&nbsp;in (102&nbsp;mm) guns]]
* 2 × single [[QF 3-inch 20 cwt|3&nbsp;in (76&nbsp;mm)]] [[AA gun]]s
* 2 × [[British 21 inch torpedo|{{cvt|21|in|mm|0}}]] [[torpedo tube]]s
|Ship armour=*[[Belt armor|Belt]]: {{convert|2|-|3|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
* [[Deck (ship)|Deck]]s: {{convert|.75|-|3|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
* [[Barbette]]s: {{convert|3|-|7|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
* [[Gun turret|Turrets]]: {{convert|7|-|9|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
* [[Conning tower]]: {{convert|10|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
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|Header caption=(as aircraft carrier)
|Ship class={{sclass|Courageous|aircraft carrier}}
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|24970|LT|t}} (normal)
* {{convert|27419|LT|t}} (deep load)
|Ship length=*{{convert|735|ft|1.5|in|m|1|abbr=on}} ([[Length between perpendiculars|p/p]])
* {{convert|786|ft|9|in|m|1|abbr=on}} (o/a)
|Ship beam={{convert|90|ft|6|in|m|1|abbr=on}} (at [[waterline]])
|Ship draught={{convert|27.75|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship speed={{convert|30|kn}}
|Ship range={{convert|5860|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|16|kn}}
|Ship complement=793 + 490 air group (1931)
|Ship armament=16 × single [[QF 4.7 inch Mk VIII naval gun|4.7&nbsp;in (120&nbsp;mm)]] [[DP gun]]s
|Ship armour=*[[Belt armor|Belt]]: {{convert|2|-|3|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
* [[Deck (ship)|Deck]]s: {{convert|.75|-|1|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
* [[Bulkhead (partition)|Bulkhead]]: {{convert|2|-|3|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
|Ship aircraft=48
}}
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'''HMS ''Glorious''''' was the second of the three {{sclass|Courageous|battlecruiser}}s built for the [[Royal Navy during the First World War]]. Designed to support the [[Baltic Project]] championed by the [[First Sea Lord]], Lord [[John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher|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 [[sister ship|half-sister]] {{HMS|Furious|47|2}} which had a similar tonnage. After [[Ship commissioning|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 hunting for the [[commerce raider|commerce-raiding]] {{ship|German cruiser|Admiral Graf Spee}} in the [[Indian Ocean]] before returning to the Mediterranean. She was recalled home in April 1940 to support [[Norwegian Campaign|operations in Norway]]. While evacuating British aircraft from Norway in June, the ship was sunk by the German [[battleship]]s {{ship|German battleship|Scharnhorst||2}} and {{ship|German battleship|Gneisenau||2}} in the North Sea with the loss of over 1,200 lives.