As part of the Mediterranean Fleet once more HMS Glory embarked on an Official visit to Istanbul. Two new squadrons were embarked 807 and 898. It was while in the Bosphorus that political troubles erupted in Egypt and there was a threat to the Suez Canal. Egyptian Army Officers were threatening a coup. HMS Glory recalled all its crew from their shore leave and left for North Africa., she arrived in Tobruk on 28 July 1952. Fortunately the crisis eased and HMS Glory sailed for Cyprus where she stayed and conducted flying practice before returning to Malta and her squadrons disembarked.
On 1 September 1952 HMS Glory embarked two new squadrons 801 and 821 and conducted and official visit to Barcelona, the first time since 1933 that Royal Navy ships had visited the port.
HMS Glory returned to Malta and on 3 October 1952 she set sail bound for operations off Korea.
Commander in Chief Mediterranean Fleet, Admiral Louis Mountbatten, came on board in 1952 and addressed the Ship’s Company and informed us of the ‘bad news’ that we would be returning to Korea and operations. He said there was good news and that was he was coming with us as far as Port Said!
On her passage she was diverted and on 27 October 1952 HMS Glory’s aircraft flew 30 sorties to attack a Malayan terrorist gang in Kuala Langat.
Sub Lt Raynor hits barrier in Bay of Bengal on 24 October 1952 and over he goes
Sub Lt Belleville ‘Flowing’ into barrier manages to avoid Sub Lt Raynor, Bay Of Bengal 24 October 1952
HMS Glory arrived in Singapore on 28 October 1952 and onto Hong Kong before arriving in Sasebo to rendezvous with HMS Ocean.
On 10 November 1952 HMS Glory began her first patrol of the Third Tour. During her third patrol she operated aircraft on Christmas Day with flying starting at 0845 and continuing until 1730. A Firefly was lost to anti-aircraft fire whilst attacking a railway bridge and the pilot was killed.
HMS Glory’s final patrol of her Third Tour, her eleventh, began on 4 May 1953 and was completed on 17 May 1953.
Lt McPherson was picked up by the plane guard destroyer and returned to HMS Glory. The ship did not have a helicopter at the time.
Photograph: B/R D Burrows: Middle Row: B Castle, K Winwood, D Pine, J Wigley, P Martin, B Luther, Lt Commander Berrill (Divisional Officer) Front Row: T Angus, A Percival, Ships Commander (Not known), Ships Captain Lewin, I Cook, T Self
Flight Deck, Inter Part Knock Out Cup Winners 1952 to 1953, Third Successive Year. Flight Deck beat 802 Squadron 7 – 2 in the final with T. Angus (3 goals), I Cook (2 goals), B Castle (1 goal) and R Pyne (1 goal). Kure, Japan during Third Tour of Korea.
Team: D Burrows (GK), R Luther, K Winwood, R.Martin, D Self, R Pyne, J Wigley, A Percival,
T Angus, I Cook and B Castle
Football team with addition of Left Back Naval Airman Bill Sarchet (Back row far left)…..should have been Left Back in Changing room!
We did not just play football….Hockey Team
Radar Plotters and Radar Mechanics (Arthur Norman bottom right)
HMS GLORY ASSOCIATION 