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HMS GLASGOW
built by Scotts Greenock,
Yard No 564
Last Name: GLASGOW
Propulsion: Steam turbine 75000shp
Launched: Saturday, 20/06/1936
Built: 1937
Ship Type: Cruiser
Tonnage: 9100 disp
Length: 591 feet
Breadth: 61 feet
Draught: 17 feet
Owner History:
Admiralty
Status: Scrapped - 08/07/1958
Remarks:
delivered: 09/09/37
Additional data by Tom Carryette
Scrapped at Blyth England
Previous update by Paul Strathdee Home fleet to 10/1940. Brought King of Norway and Norwegian Govt to UK .07/1940 in collission with destroyer HMS Imogen (sank). At Suda Bay hit by two torpedeos but reached Alexandria. Eastern fleet then Home fleet. caught blockade runner Regensburg 30/03/1943. Mounbattens flagship at Coronation Review Reserve from 1956
Photo supplied by Bruce Biddulph
Last updated: by Colin Campbell from the original records by Stuart Cameron
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