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=== Memorials === The most prominent memorial for the lost crew of HMS ''Glorious'', HMS ''Ardent'' and HMS ''Acasta'' is situated in Southsea Common, Portsmouth, overlooking the promenade and is accessible to the public at all times. There are 176 memorials from the 1,531 servicemen lost with HMS ''Glorious'', HMS ''Ardent'' and HMS ''Acasta'' at the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.{{cn|date=March 2021}} For many years the only memorial to the seamen lost in the three ships was a stained-glass window in the [[St Peter's Church, Martindale|church of St Peter Martindale]] in [[Cumbria]], on the east side of [[Ullswater]]. A new memorial plaque dedicated to HMS ''Glorious'', and her escort destroyers ''Ardent'' and ''Acasta'', was unveiled in St. Nicholas's Church, in HMS ''Drake'', Devonport in 2002. On 8 June 2010, 70 years after the loss of ''Glorious'', ''Acasta'' and ''Ardent'', a memorial plaque inscribed in English and Norwegian was unveiled near the [[Trondenes Historical Center|Trondenes Historical Centre]] in Harstad, Norway, the two destroyers' last port of call.<ref>Harald Isachsen (2011), ''Harstad 1940–1945, Historier og fortellinger fra krigsåra'', {{ISBN|978-82-998024-3-7}}, (in Norwegian)</ref> A memorial plaque is mounted on a stone plinth next to a memorial tree, in the [[National Memorial Arboretum]] in [[Alrewas]], Staffordshire. It can be found in the gardens in location 19-81. On 8 June 2019, a memorial plaque was unveiled in the Belvedere Gardens, Plymouth Hoe, dedicated to all crew members who lost their lives onboard HM Ships ''Glorious, Ardent'' and ''Acasta.'' A model of HMS ''Glorious'' by model maker [[Norman A. Ough]] built for the [[Royal United Services Institute|Royal United Services Museum]] is now on display in the [[Fleet Air Arm Museum]] at [[RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron)|RNAS Yeovilton]].<ref>{{cite web |website=finewaterline.com |title=Norman Ough's HMS Glorious |url=http://www.finewaterline.com/pages/albums/Norman%20Ough/glorious/noglorious.html }}</ref>
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