The large Light Cruiser HMS Glorious as completed. Imperial War Museum (address Lambeth Road, London SE16HZ) Photograph SP1673, copyright. Glorious and sister ship Courageous were the very unusual products of then-First Sea Lord Admiral Sir John Fisher's ideas about ship design and force employment.
HMS Glorious at the end of World War I, in 1918, showing wartime modifications (such as changes in the searchlight installation on the funnel). U.S. Naval Historical Photograph NH89135. These ships went into reserve immediately after the war and were converted to aircraft carriers soon afterward.
An early view of HMS Glorious as an aircraft carrier. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph NH60793.
