![]() ![]() While not quite matching some of the battleships it’ll undoubtedly face on the battlefield, this rather light vessel is fitted with a pair of twin 15’’ (381 mm) cannons of the same type also fitted to the familiar HMS Hood, introduced in a previous update. Captains, prepare to meet the epitome of the naval equivalent of a ‘glass cannon’!Īs we already mentioned, HMS Glorious can boast some serious firepower. Unlike other warships of this type already present in the game, HMS Glorious really takes the definition of what a battlecruiser is supposed to be to the extreme - featuring quite superb firepower and mobility but at the cost of having been fitted with virtually no meaningful protection. In War Thunder, HMS Glorious will be a new battlecruiser arriving at the top rank of the British bluewater fleet in the next major update “Fire and Ice”. This conversion took place between 1924 - 1930 with HMS Glorious later on serving in WWII before ultimately meeting its fate after a clash with the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in 1940 In the postwar period and under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty, HMS Glorious was selected to be converted into an aircraft carrier. The warship was also present at the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet on 21 November 1918. Nevertheless, HMS Glorious still took part in some major operations in the final years of WWI, such as in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight in November 1917. After Fisher left the post of First Sea Lord, the concept of these ships was criticised due to the imbalance in their combat characteristics, primarily weapons and protection. HMS Glorious was launched in April 1916 and completed later in October before being handed off to the Royal Navy for commissioning into service. As the plan called for capital ships that Fisher could not order for construction due to wartime restrictions, he instead designed a new battlecruiser inspired by the Renown class but featuring only minimal protection, high speed and high-calibre 15-inch guns in 1915.įisher’s plan called for the construction of three ships, of which the lead ship - HMS Courageous - was laid down in March, followed by HMS Glorious in May and HMS Furious in June. During WWI, Admiral Fisher of the Royal Navy drew up a plan to invade German territory via a naval invasion on its Baltic coastline. ![]()
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