HMS Glasgow explained

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

• The first 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 was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1745 and sold in 1756.
• The third was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1757 and accidentally burnt in 1779.
• The fourth was a 40-gun fifth-rate launched in 1814 and broken up by 1829.
• The fifth was a wooden screw frigate launched in 1861 and sold in 1884.
• The sixth was a light cruiser launched in 1909 and sold in 1927.
• The seventh was a light cruiser launched in 1936 and scrapped in 1958.
• The eighth was a Type 42 destroyer launched in 1976. She was decommissioned in 2005 and scrapped in 2009.
• The ninth is lead ship of the Royal Navy's Type 26 frigates, to be operational in 2026.^[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

• was the royal yacht of the Sultan of Zanzibar, built in 1873 in the style of the 1861 HMS Glasgow and sunk in 1896

Notes and References

1. Production begins in Glasgow for the first Royal Navy Type 26 Global Combat Ship . BAE Systems . 20 July 2017.