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HMS Glasgow Laid Down : 16th April 1935 Launched : 20th June 1936 Completed : 9th September 1937 Type : Cruiser Class : Southampton Builder : Scotts Country : UK Pennants : 21, C169 BPF, C21 Fate : Scrapped 1958 |
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  HMS Glasgow |   HMS Glasgow, October 1937. |   HMS Glasgow, June 1938. |   HMS Glasgow, September 1948. |   HMS Glasgow, September 1948. |
  HMS Glasgow |   HMS Glasgow. |   HMS Glasgow. |
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24th September 1934 - Sailed Rosyth for Invergordon 16th April 1935 - Laid down 20th June 1936 - Pennant Number 21 20th June 1936 - Launched 9th September 1937 - Commissioned 23rd October 1937 - Arrived Milford Haven 10th November 1937 - Arrived Portsmouth January 1938 - 2nd Cruiser Squadron, Home Fleet 29th March 1938 - Arrived Portsmouth 23rd June 1938 - Sailed Portland for the Clyde 5th July 1938 - Commenced Combined exercises 10th July 1938 - Completed Combined exercises 30th July 1938 - At Portsmouth. Navy Week 1st January 1939 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.6 17th January 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth 23rd January 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 24th January 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 8th February 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar 13th February 1939 - Arrived Casa Blanca 17th February 1939 - Sailed Casa Blanca 18th February 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 18th February 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 27th February 1939 - Combined Exercise 27th February 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar 3rd March 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 6th March 1939 - Combined Exercise 6th March 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar 10th March 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 18th March 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar 23rd March 1939 - Arrived Portsmouth 27th July 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth 29th July 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth for Rosyth August 1939 - 2nd Cruiser Squadron, Home Fleet 1st August 1939 - Arrived Invergordon 24th August 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 1st September 1939 - Sailed the Humber 3rd September 1939 - 2nd Cruiser Squadron, Humber Force 22nd September 1939 - On patrol in Skagerrak (Operation SK). 8th October 1939 - Sailed Rosyth to operate off the mouth of the Skagerrak 9th October 1939 - Heavily bombed by the Luftwaffe between 1120 and 1645 off the mouth of the Skagerrak 12th October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow cover convoys in the Western Approaches 21st October 1939 - Sent to escort convoy KJ.3, then en route from the West Indies 22nd October 1939 - Joined Convoy KJ.3 24th October 1939 - Detached from Convoy KJ.3 24th October 1939 - Detached from Convoy KJ.3 27th October 1939 - Arrived Portsmouth 31st October 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth for Rosyth 31st October 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth for Rosyth 1st November 1939 - Arrived Rosyth. Sailed Rosyth same day 1st November 1939 - Arrived Rosyth 2nd November 1939 - Located American steamer City of Flint 3rd November 1939 - Searchng for German liner New York 5th November 1939 - Arrived at Rosyth with her forecastle dropped by two inches from the effect of the weather 9th November 1939 - Formed as a Striking Force at Rosyth 11th November 1939 - Sailed Rosyth to join the Humber Force at Immingham 13th November 1939 - En route to patrol in the Denmark Strait 17th November 1939 - Arrived Rosyth 20th November 1939 - Sailed Rosyth in an attempt to intercept German liner Bremen 23rd November 1939 - To the northeast of the Shetlands 24th November 1939 - Positioned off Utvaer, Norway, to intercept German battlecruisers 25th November 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 27th November 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow and proceeded to Rosyth to boiler clean 28th November 1939 - Commenced boiler clean at Rosyth 2nd December 1939 - Relieved HMS Suffolk escorting Convoy HM.3 4th December 1939 - Arrived Methil with Convoy HM.3 5th December 1939 - Boiler clean completed 6th December 1939 - Sailed Rosyth to provide close support for Convoy ON.4 8th December 1939 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.4 11th December 1939 - Arrived Rosyth 11th December 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 12th December 1939 - On Northern Patrol patrolled in 53.55N, 25.00W 15th December 1939 - Was 480 miles W by N of Malin Head 20th December 1939 - Returning from Northern Patrol was ordered to refuel and join Newcastle on Fair Island Channel Patrol. 22nd December 1939 - Arrived Rosyth 22nd December 1939 - Arrived at Rosyth from Fair Isle Patrol 30th December 1939 - Sailed Rosyth to cover Convoy ON.6 January 1940 - Completed refit at Rosyth 2nd January 1940 - Arrived at Rosyth ahead of convoy HN.6 7th January 1940 - Sailed Rosyth to support convoy ON.7 12th January 1940 - Arrived Methil with Convoy HN.7 17th January 1940 - Sailed Rosyth to cover Convoy ON.8 17th January 1940 - Sailed Rosyth in support of Convoy HN.8 19th January 1940 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.8 21st January 1940 - Attacked a contact east of Duncansby Head 21st January 1940 - Attacked a submarine contact east of Copinsay 25th January 1940 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.9 25th January 1940 - Covered Convoy ON.9 26th January 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow to cover Convoy HM.9 31st January 1940 - Arrived Methil with Convoy HN.9 31st January 1940 - Arrived Rosyth 9th February 1940 - Sailed Rosyth to relieve sister ship HMS Southampton on patrol off North Cape 12th February 1940 - Captured German fishing trawler Herrlichkeit near Tromso 19th February 1940 - Arrived at Scapa Flow with rudder defects and then left for refitting at Belfast 21st February 1940 - Arrived Aberdeen with captured German fishing trawler Herrlichkeit near Tromso 24th February 1940 - Arrived Glasgow for refit 20th March 1940 - Completed repairs at Glasgow 22nd March 1940 - Sailed Glasgow for the Clyde 22nd March 1940 - Sailed Belfast for the Clyde and arrived later that day. 25th March 1940 - Sailed the Clyde on Northern Patrol. 27th April 1940 - Passage to Molde from Scapa Flow. 29th April 1940 - Sailed Molde for Malangen Fjord near Tromso 30th April 1940 - Arrived Malangen Fjord near Tromso 7th June 1940 - Sailed Rosyth to cover Convoy ON.7 9th June 1940 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.7 9th November 1941 - Arrived Bombay 6th December 1941 - Sailed Colombo 9th December 1941 - In error sank the RIN patrol vessel HMIS Prabhavati 25th December 1941 - Arrived Bcolombo 29th March 1943 - Action with a Blockade runner 15th June 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow 7th July 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow. Operation Camera 6th June 1944 - Participated in the Normandy Landings 18th January 1947 - Arrived Rio de Janeiro 18th January 1947 - Capt. C.L. Firth in Command 19th March 1947 - Commenced Exercised in the Caribbean 2nd April 1947 - Completed Exercises in the Caribbean 30th April 1947 - Sailed Trincomalee 5th May 1947 - At Trincomalee 27th August 1947 - Arrived Portsmouth from the Far East 18th January 1949 - Arrived Rio de Janeiro 18th January 1949 - Capt. C.L. Firth in Command 25th January 1949 - Sailed Rio de Janeiro March 1950 - Flagship of Vice-Admiral Symonds-Taylor March 1950 - Combined exercises in the Caribbean 25th January 1952 - Sailed Malta 25th January 1952 - Captain J. Holmes in Command 5th March 1952 - Took part in Exercice in the Mediterranean 5th March 1952 - Flagship of Vice-Admiral Edwards 16th March 1952 - At Malta 14th August 1952 - Arrived Malta 14th August 1952 - Arrived Malta 14th August 1952 - Flagship of Vice-Admiral R.A.B. Edwards 15th June 1953 - Participated in 1953 Coronation Review 3rd May 1954 - Flagship of Admiral Lord Montbatten 3rd May 1954 - At Malta for the visit of Queen Elizabeth 11th May 1954 - Sailed Gibraltar escorting HMY Britannia 19th May 1954 - Met the Queen 9 miles south east of Plymouth 6th September 1954 - Flagship of Admiral Lord Mountbatten 6th September 1954 - Sailed Malta for Summer Cruise 4th October 1954 - Arrived Malta 8th October 1954 - Off Malta 15th October 1954 - Review in the Presence of the Emperor of Ethiopia 15th October 1954 - (Flagship of Lord Mountbatten 1958 - Broken up | |||
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  Task Force 129 by David Pentland. |
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