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HMS Glasgow was a Town-class cruiser commissioned in September 1937. She took part in the Fleet Air Arm raid that crippled the Italian Fleet at Taranto in 1940. She had the unfortunate experience of sinking two Allied ships during her wartime service, once through accidental collision and the other by gunfire after a case of mistaken identity.
Pages in category "World War II cruisers of the United Kingdom" ... HMS Gambia (48) HMS Glasgow (C21) H. HMS Hawkins (D86) HMS Hector (F45) HMS Hermione (74) J.
HMS Antelope - sank 24 May due to unsuccessful defusing attempt of unexploded bombs from Douglas A-4B Skyhawks (†2) - Fatal Damage. Commander N.J. Tobin; HMS Ardent - sank 21 May by bombs from IAI Daggers and Douglas A-4Q Skyhawks (†22) - Fatal Damage. Commander A.W.J. West; HMS Ambuscade. Commander P.J. Mosse; HMS Avenger. Captain H.M. White
HMS Suffolk (55) was one of the Kent subclass of the County-class heavy cruisers Heavy cruisers were defined by international agreement pre-war for the purposes of arms limitation as those with guns greater than 6-inch (152 mm); ships of guns of 6-inch or less were light cruisers.
The fourth HMS Glasgow (1814) was a 40-gun fifth-rate Endymion-class frigate launched in 1814 and broken up by 1829. The fifth HMS Glasgow (1861) was a wooden screw frigate launched in 1861 and sold in 1884. The sixth HMS Glasgow (1909) was a Town-class light cruiser launched in 1909 and sold in 1927. The seventh HMS Glasgow (C21) was a Town ...
In World War II films [ edit ] Amesbury , Cambridge , and Stratford , (from the 1953 Michael Rennie film Single-Handed or Sailor of the King , based on the novel Brown on Resolution by C. S. Forester; portrayed by Dido -class cruiser : HMS Cleopatra , Abdiel -class minelayer HMS Manxman , and Town-class cruiser HMS Glasgow )
The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945. For smaller vessels, see also List of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons.
The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sinking after being torpedoed by a German submarine in November 1941, the assisting destroyer HMS Legion was sunk in 1942. This is a list of Royal Navy ships and personnel lost during World War II, from 3 September 1939 to 1 October 1945. See also List of ships of the Royal Navy.