HMS Glory

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Ten ships of the British Royal Navy were named HMS Glory .

  • HMS Glory (1747) , a fifth class frigate with 44 guns, launched in 1747 as the French frigate La Gloire . It was scrapped in 1763.
  • HMS Glory (1763) , a fifth class frigate with 32 guns, launched in 1763 as HMS Glory . It was renamed in 1774 and scrapped in 1786.
  • HMS Glory (1781) , an 8-gun logger launched in 1781 as the French Gloire . It was captured by the Royal Navy in 1781 and scrapped in 1783.
  • HMS Glory (1788) , a second class ship of the line with 98 cannons, launched in 1788. It was converted into a prison ship in 1809 and a powder supply ship in 1814 before being scrapped in 1825.
  • HMS Gloire (1795) , a fifth class frigate with 32 guns, launched in 1795 as a French frigate of the same name and captured by the Royal Navy in the same year. It was sold in 1802.
  • HMS Gloire (1806) , a fifth class frigate with 36 guns, launched in 1806 as a French frigate of the same name and captured by the Royal Navy in 1806. It was scrapped in 1812.
  • HMS Gloire (1810) , a fifth class frigate with 38 cannons, launched in 1810 as the French frigate Iphigénie , captured by the Royal Navy in 1814 and christened HMS Palma . It was renamed HMS Gloirek in the same year and sold in 1817.
  • HMS Glory (1899) , a Canopus-class ship of the line that was launched in 1899. It was renamed HMS Crescent in 1920 and became a depot ship. It was scrapped in 1922.
  • HMS Glory IV , formerly the Russian protected cruiser Askold , which was captured by the Royal Navy in 1918. It was scrapped in 1922.
  • HMS Glory (R62) was a lightweight aircraft carrier of the Colossus class , which in 1943 was launched and was scrapped 1,961th

literature

  • JJ Colledge, Ben Warlow: Ships of the Royal Navy, The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present . Chatham Publishing, London 2006, ISBN 1-86176-281-X , pp. 17 .