HMS Glory
Ship Number
1191
Vessel Type
Colossus' Class
Built
Belfast
Yard
Musgrave Yard
Slip Number
12
Launch Date
November 27, 1943
Launched By
Lady Brooke
Delivered
April 2, 1945
Owner
Admiralty
Weight
13190 grt
BP Length
630 feet
Breadth
80 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
25 knots
Propulsion
2 × shafts Parsons geared Steam turbines 4 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers 40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
Official No.
Registered
Fate
Scrapped
HMS Glory

The ship was commissioned on 2 April 1945, and left for the Pacific with an air wing of Barracudas (837 Naval Air Squadron) and Corsairs (1831 Naval Air Squadron). At Sydney, she joined the 11th Aircraft Carrier Squadron of the British Pacific Fleet as the war was ending. Glory came to Rabaul shortly thereafter on 6 September 1945 to accept the surrender of the Japanese garrison there.
 
After the surrender at Rabaul, Glory assisted in the retaking of Hong Kong, and then went to Australia and Canada in the British equivalent of Operation Magic Carpet. The ship returned to the United Kingdom in 1947 and was then placed in reserve. In November 1949, the ship was taken out of reserve and fully returned to service just over a year later in December 1950.
 
Glory then deployed to Korea in April 1951 for the first of three wartime deployments. The first deployment ended in September of that year, but Glory was back on station from January to May 1952 and November 1952 to May 1953. After the very active service of the Korean War, Glory saw out 1954 as a ferry, troop carrier and helicopter base.
 
1956 saw the end of the ship's active career, as she was placed in reserve. In 1961, Glory was sold to Thomas W. Ward Ltd for scrapping at Inverkeithing.