AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
NAVY'S FULL COMPLEMENT. THE GLORIOUS COMMISSIONED. (British Official Wireless.) (United Press Association.) (By. Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) RUGBY, January 5. (Received Jan. 6, at 6.5 p.m.) The British Navy will have its full complement of nine aircraft carriers in service when H.M.S. Glorious is commissioned at Devonport on Tuesday. The Glorious was one of the big cruisers built during the war, and by being converted into an airship carrier she is joining her sister ships Furious and Courageous, which have been adapted to fulfil the same capacity. The Glorious was paid off in 1924, and has been adapted for the present purpose in Devonport. After trials she will join the Mediterranean fleet, replacing the Courageous, which has been transferred to the Atlantic fleet to relieve the Furious, which is destined for the China station. The Glorious displaces 18,f)00 tons, and has 90,000 horse-power engines.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20918, 7 January 1930, Page 7
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