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Wednesday, 2 April 2025

British aircraft carrier Glorious berthed at Alexandria, Egypt according to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated 13 April 1940

A selection of Ships' Badges of His Majesty's Royal Navies. Gutta Percha&Rubber Limited, 1942

In his letter dated Istanbul,  13 April 1940 No. 838 reported the German naval attaché in Turkey to the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht at Berlin that according to a reliable source the British cruiser Bandria [1], aircraft carrier Glorious (2) and 2 destroyers arrived at Alexandria, Egypt on 13 January coming from the Red Sea. The Bandria was docked at Alexandria, the other ships departed on 15 January towards Malta.

Notes

1. Miswriting.

2. Pennant 77. Ordered as a Courageous-class battlecruisers on 14 March 1915, laid down by Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland on 1 May 1915, launched on 20 April 1916, completed on 31 December 1916. commissioned in January 1917, converted into an aircraft carrier between 1924-1930 and sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in the North Sea on 8 June 1940.

Source

Bundesarchiv. German Marineattaché for , Greece, Romania and Bulgaria 1939-1941. RM 12-II/459. 

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