The seventh HMS Glasgow was again built on the Clyde, and commissioning in September 1937. She displaced 11000 tons with a top speed of 32 knots (see Specs). She was part of the home fleet, and escorted their majesties the King and Queen to Canada in 1939. She also took a large quantity of gold to Fort Knox as an emergency reserve.

Glasgow was with the 2nd Cruiser Squadron in the Home Fleet at the outbreak of war, and served on the Northern Patrol, followed by the Norwegian campaign in April 1940.

In the Spring of 1940 she again carried treasure and gold, being transferred from Norway when the King and Queen of Norway were given passage to the North of their country...

...HMS Glasgow was then employed as a convoy escort in the Mediterranean Sea in November 1940, and she took part in the famous Fleet Air Arm raid that crippled the Italian Fleet at Taranto.

December 3, 1940 while at anchor in Suda Bay, Crete, she was hit by two aircraft torpedoes that put two of her four shafts out of action. Damage was extensive, and repairs at Alexandria and at Singapore in June which lasted until the end of August 1941.
She then served in the East Indies as Convoy Escort until April 1942, when she left for the USA and refit.

This website in memory of

JOHN DAVID MORRIS (Jack) - Petty Officer , Royal Navy
HMS Shropshire ...........................................................................1934-1939. HMS Glasgow ..............................................................................1939-1942.
HMS Sultan II (Shore Establishment in Singapore). ............Nov 1941-Feb 1942.

who died in service on
Monday February 16, 1942 . Age 29 .

Portsmouth Naval Memorial - Hampshire, United Kingdom. Panel 92.
 
   

 

Building the H.M.S. Glasgow (WWII)

Southampton (Town class) Class Cruiser

Based on Modelik Nr 4/01 (Sheffield) card model. Scale: 1:200
1. Hull Rib

1. Hull Ribs

2. Hull Frame

3. Deck

4. Main Superstructure

5. Hull skin

6. Superstructure detail

7. Weaponry

8. Masts

 9. In Progress!