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HMS Glory (R62)

UK Royal Navy

1945-1956

Colossus class

CV · Aircraft Carrier

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

Timeline

DateEvent
Mar 25, 1942 Ordered
Aug 28, 1942 Laid down Yard No. 1191
Nov 27, 1943 Launched
Feb 21, 1945 Commissioned with Deck Code L, became R
Jan 1948 Refit until c Jun 1949 to allow operations by heavier aircraft
Mar 1951 Deployment 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.
May 14, 1951 Deployment 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.
Oct 1951 Refit AU HMAS Kuttabul at Garden Island, Sydney, until c Jan 1952
Feb 2, 1952 Deployment relieved HMAS Sydney off Korea. In turn, relieved by HMS Ocean on station, on 1 May.
Apr 1952 Aircraft Assigned Dragonfly HR.1 VZ965 mid Apr as SAR Flt. Transferred to HMS Ocean, when relieved in May.
Nov 10, 1952 Deployment relieved HMS Ocean off Korea and served until mid May 1953.
Jul 1953 Refit at HMD Portsmouth until c Oct 1953.
Mar 1954 Refit until c Jul 1954, as an aircraft and equipment transporter between UK and the Far East
Jan 24, 1955 Deployment Loch Eriboll Helicopter support ship in Loch Eriboll (deep water anchorage), near Durness, N Scotland during severe winter, for Operation Snowdrop. Anchorage Operation Snowdrop
Jun 1956 Decommissioned
Aug 23, 1961 Fate: scrapped Inverkeithing at Inverkeithing. Scrapping completed by 1962. Wards Breakers Yard