HMS Glasgow

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Glasgow after the Scottish city of Glasgow:

• The first 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.
• The second HMS Glasgow (1745) was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1745 and sold in 1756.
• The third HMS Glasgow (1757) was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1757 and accidentally burnt in 1779.
• The fourth HMS Glasgow (1814) was a 40-gun fifth-rate Endymion-class frigate launched in 1814 and broken up by 1829.
• The fifth HMS Glasgow (1861) was a wooden screw frigate launched in 1861 and sold in 1884.
• The sixth HMS Glasgow (1909) was a Town-class light cruiser launched in 1909 and sold in 1927.
• The seventh HMS Glasgow (C21) was a Town-class light cruiser launched in 1936 and scrapped in 1958.
• The eighth HMS Glasgow (D88) was a Type 42 destroyer launched in 1976. She was decommissioned in 2005 and scrapped in 2009.
• The ninth HMS Glasgow (Type 26 frigate) is currently under construction and will be the lead ship of the Royal Navy's Type 26 frigates.[1]

Battle honours

• Lagos 1759
• Havana 1762
• Algiers 1816
• Navarino 1827
• Coronel 1914
• Falkland Islands 1914
• Norway 1940
• Arctic 1943
• Biscay 1943
• Normandy 1944
• Falkland Islands 1982

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

References

1. http://www.baesystems.com/en/article/production-begins-in-glasgow-for-the-first-royal-navy-type-26-global-combat-ship