1945 to 1956    

R62 HMS Glory

UK Royal Navy





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Flight Deck: R
Call Sign: GGSN
Shipyard: Harland and Wolff





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History of UK HMS Glory R62

1942-mar-25OrderedOrdered
1942-aug-28Laid downLaid down Yard No. 1191
1943-nov-27LaunchedLaunched
1945-feb-21CommissionedCommissioned with Deck Code L, became R
1948-janRefitRefit until c Jun 1949 to allow operations by heavier aircraft
1951-marDeploymentDeployment JP Sasebo Naval Base departed Malta with CAG-14 embarked, for Korean waters to relieve HMS Theseus and embarking a USN S-51 for her SAR Flight at Sasebo. Relieved by HMAS Sydney 4 Oct 1951.
1951-may-14DeploymentDeployment First operational rescue by its Dragonfly SAR Flight while serving in Korean War 1951-1953 with 14th Carrier Air Group and a single planeguard Dragonfly.
1951-octRefitRefit AU HMAS Kuttabul at Garden Island, Sydney, until c Jan 1952
1952-feb-02DeploymentDeployment relieved HMAS Sydney off Korea. In turn, relieved by HMS Ocean on station, on 1 May.
1952-aprAircraftAircraft Assigned Dragonfly HR.1 VZ965 mid Apr as SAR Flt. Transferred to HMS Ocean, when relieved in May.
1952-nov-10DeploymentDeployment relieved HMS Ocean off Korea and served until mid May 1953.
1953-julRefitRefit at HMD Portsmouth until c Oct 1953.
1954-marRefitRefit until c Jul 1954, as an aircraft and equipment transporter between UK and the Far East
1955-jan-24DeploymentDeployment Loch Eriboll Anchorage Operation Snowdrop Helicopter support ship in Loch Eriboll (deep water anchorage), near Durness, N Scotland during severe winter, for Operation Snowdrop.
1956-junDecommissionedDecommissioned
1961-aug-23Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped Inverkeithing Wards Breakers Yard at Inverkeithing. Scrapping completed by 1962.



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  Specifications


Colossus class
13190light (tn)
18400full load (tn)
211.80length (m)
24.40beam (m)
7.20draught (m)
12000range (nm)
25max speed (knots)
42000power (shp)

2Naval Engine steam turbines

32Naval Gun single 20 mm

1Naval Radar air direction radar Type 277

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