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History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Glitter until 1939, then HMS Raleigh
Builder	Alexander Hall & Co., Aberdeen
Launched	8 October 1918
Fate	Sold 1946, renamed Ocean Raleigh
United Kingdom
Name	Ocean Raleigh
In service	1946
Fate	Scrapped April 1960
General characteristics
Class and type	Admiralty steel drifter
Tonnage	96 gross register tons
Displacement	199 tons
Length	86 ft (26 m)
Beam	18.5 ft (5.6 m)
Armament	1 × 6-pounder gun

HMS Glitter was an Admiralty steel drifter of the Royal Navy, constructed in 1918. She was one of 38 named vessels of the class that were completed in 1917-1918.^[1] She became a base ship in 1939, taking the name HMS Raleigh, and was sold into civilian service as Ocean Raleigh in 1946.^[1] She was scrapped in April 1960.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Colledge, JJ; Warlow, Ben (2010). Ships of the Royal Navy. London: Casemate. pp. xiii, 162. ISBN 978-1-935149--07-1.
^ "Aberdeen Built Ships". Aberdeenships.com. Retrieved 19 November 2019.

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[SOTRN-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Colledge, JJ; Warlow, Ben (2010). Ships of the Royal Navy. London: Casemate. pp. xiii, 162. ISBN 978-1-935149--07-1.

[2] "Aberdeen Built Ships". Aberdeenships.com. Retrieved 19 November 2019.

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HMS Glitter

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