| Name: | GLATTON launched as BJOERGVIN |
| Type: | Monitor |
| Keel: | 26/05/1913 |
| Launched: | 08/08/1914 |
| Completed: | 08/09/1918 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 861 |
| Dimensions: | 5700disp, 290.0 x 73.7 x 16.3(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (20, 33 & 54 x 30ins), 4000ihp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 13.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 9.2ins, 4 x 1 x 6.0ins, 2 x 1 x 3.0ins, 4 x 1 x 3pdr guns |
| History: | |
| 08/09/1918 | British Royal Navy |
| 16/09/1918 | Sank |
| Comments: | Launched as coastal defence ship BJOERGVIN for the Government of Norway |
| 11/1914: Taken over by the Admiralty for use as a coastal monitor | |
| Completion delayed by other more urgent work | |
| 16/09/1918: Fire and explosion whilst in Dover harbour | |
| Scuttled by torpedo to prevent further explosions that could have devastated the town | |
| However the upturned hull was an obstruction to shipping using the port | |
| 03/1926: Wreck moved out of the way, partly broken up and later covered in landfill |
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Above photo of GLATTON in dock at Hebburn is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
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Graphic, Saturday, 06/03/1926
Illustrated London News, Saturday, 27/03/1926
Ballymena Weekly Telegraph, Saturday, 06/03/1926