HMS Glory (R62)

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History
United Kingdom
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]
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Colossus-class aircraft carrier
Displacement	13,190 long tons (13,400 t)
Length	695 ft (212 m) oa 630 ft (192 m) pp
Beam	80 ft (24 m)
Draught	18 ft 6 in (5.64 m) (mean) 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) (deep load)
Propulsion	2 × shafts Parsons geared steam turbines 4 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers 40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
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)
Armament	24 × QF 2-pounder naval guns (6 quadruple mounts) 32 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
Aircraft carried	48

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]