HMS Glasgow
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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Glasgow after the Scottish city of Glasgow:
- HMS Glasgow (1707) was a 20-gun sixth rate, previously the Scottish ship Royal Mary. She was transferred to the Royal Navy in 1707 and was sold in 1719.
- HMS Glasgow (1745) was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1745 and sold in 1756.
- HMS Glasgow (1757) was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1757 and accidentally burnt in 1779.
- HMS Glasgow (1814) was an 40-gun fifth rate Endymion-class frigate launched in 1814 and broken up by 1829.
- HMS Glasgow (1861) was a wooden screw frigate launched in 1861 and sold in 1884.
- HMS Glasgow (1909) was a Town-class light cruiser launched in 1909 and sold in 1927.
- HMS Glasgow (C21) was a Town class light cruiser launched in 1936 and scrapped in 1958.
- HMS Glasgow (D88) was a Type 42 destroyer launched in 1976. She was decommissioned in 2005 and scrapped in 2009.
[edit] See also
- HHS Glasgow was the royal yacht of the Sultan of Zanzibar, built in 1873 in the style of the 1861 HMS Glasgow and sunk in 1896
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