HMS Glory (R62)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Glory.
HMS Glory (R62) was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier of the British Royal Navy laid down on 27 August 1942 by Harland and Wolff at Belfast.[1] She was launched on 27 November 1943[1] by Lady Cynthia Brooke, wife of the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.[3]
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Name | Glory |
Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast[1] |
Laid down | 27 August 1942[1] |
Launched | 27 November 1943[1] |
Commissioned | 2 April 1945[1] |
Decommissioned | 1956 |
Fate | Scrapped in Inverkeithing, Scotland 1961[1] |
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Class and type | Colossus-class aircraft carrier |
Displacement | 13,190 long tons (13,400 t) |
Length | |
Beam | 80 ft (24 m) |
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Speed | 25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
Range | 12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 1,300 (including air group) |
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Aircraft carried | 48 |
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