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H.M.S. Glatton (1914)
Pendant Number: N.02 (Sep 1915)
N.50 (Jan, 1918)[1]
Builder: Armstrong, Elswick[2]
Laid down: 26 May, 1913[3]
Launched: 8 Aug, 1914[4]
Commissioned: Sep, 1918[5]
Exploded: 16 Sep, 1918[6]
Fate: internal explosion at Dover[7]


H.M.S. Glatton was a coast defence battleship constructed in Britain for the Royal Norwegian Navy but was purchased by the Royal Navy upon the outbreak of the First World War.

Alterations

Glatton's main and second-battery directors were installed by the time she joined the fleet, specifically September 1918.[8]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 102.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 47.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 47.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 102.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 47.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 47.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 102.
  8. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919. p. 15.

Bibliography


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