HMS Glory (1899)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 1896 Programme |
| Builder: | Laird, Birkenhead |
| Laid down: | 1 December 1896 |
| Launched: | 11 March 1899 |
| Renamed: | Crescent (1920) |
| Fate: | Sold 19 December 1922 for breaking up |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 12,950 tons |
| Length: | 431 ft (131 m) |
| Beam: | 74 ft (23 m) |
| Draught: | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, water tube boilers, vertical triple expansion steam engines, 15,400 ihp |
| Speed: | 18 kt |
| Complement: | 750 |
| Armament: | 4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns 12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns 10 × 3 in (76 mm) guns 4 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes (underwater) |
HMS Glory was a Royal Navy battleship of the Canopus class, the first British battleships to be fitted with water tube boilers. She was completed in 1899 and cost approximately 780,000 pounds.
Like HMS Albion, Glory's big guns had centre-pivot mountings which allowed them to be loaded at any elevation or direction. The other ships of the class had less sophisticated central loading positions.
Glory carried four 12-inch and twelve 6-inch guns. She was 400 feet long with a beam of 74 feet and a draught of 26.5 feet. She carried a complement of around 740 men and could reach speeds of over 18 knots. She was armoured with 6-inch Harvey Steel.
Glory was flagship of the China Station from 1900–1905, At the outbreak of World War I she formed part of the 8th Battle Squadron, based at Devonport. Later, she saw active service in the Dardanelles and in Northern Russia. She became a depot ship in April 1920, and was renamed Crescent.
[edit] References
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- Roger Chesneau and Eugene M. Kolesnik, ed., Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships, 1860-1905, (Conway Maritime Press, London, 1979), ISBN 0-85177-133-5
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