HMS Glasgow

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Eight warships of the British Royal Navy were named HMS Glasgow after the city of Glasgow in Scotland :

The HMS Glasgow (D88)
  • The first HMS Glasgow was a Scottish sixth class warship with 20 guns that was handed over to the Royal Navy in 1707 and sold in 1719.
  • The second HMS Glasgow was a sixth class warship with 24 guns launched in 1745 and sold in 1756.
  • The third HMS Glasgow was a sixth class warship with 20 guns launched in 1757. It sank in 1779 in a fire in Montego Bay, Jamaica .
  • The fourth HMS Glasgow was a frigate of Endymion class with 40 guns, which in 1814 was launched and sold 1829.
  • The fifth HMS Glasgow was a screw-propelled wooden frigate launched in 1861 and sold in 1884.
  • The sixth HMS Glasgow was a light cruiser of Bristol-Class , which was launched in 1910. During the First World War she took part in the sea battles of Coronel and the Falkland Islands as well as in the hunt for SMS Dresden . It was scrapped in 1927.
  • The seventh HMS Glasgow was a light cruiser of the Southampton class . It was launched in 1937, took part in numerous combat operations during World War II , and was scrapped in 1958.
  • The eighth HMS Glasgow (D88) is a destroyer of the so-called. "Type 42" and has been put into service 1979th She participated in the Falklands War and INTERFET and was decommissioned in 2005.