HMS Glory

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Glory, or the French variant HMS Gloire:

  • HMS Glory (1747) was a 44-gun fifth rate, formerly the French 44-gun ship La Gloire, captured from the French in 1747, and was sold to be broken up in 1763.
  • HMS Glory (1763) was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1763. She was renamed HMS Apollo in 1774 and was broken up in 1786.
  • HMS Glory (1781) was an 8-gun lugger, formerly the French Gloire. She was captured in 1781 and broken up in 1783.
  • HMS Glory (1788) was a 98-gun second rate launched in 1788. She was converted to a prison ship in 1809, a powder hulk in 1814, and broken up in 1825.
  • HMS Gloire (1795) was the 32-gun French frigate Gloire captured from the French in 1795; she was sold in 1802.
  • HMS Gloire (1806) was a 36-gun fifth rate captured from the French in 1806 and broken up in 1812.
  • HMS Gloire was a 38-gun fifth rate, previously the French IphigĂ©nie. She was captured in 1814 and taken into service as HMS Palma. She was renamed HMS Gloire later that year and was sold in 1817.
  • HMS Glory (1899) was a Canopus-class battleship launched in 1899. She was renamed HMS Crescent in 1920 when she became a depot ship, and was broken up in 1922.
  • HMS Glory IV was formerly the Russian cruiser Askold, seized by the British in 1918 and used as a depot ship until she was returned to the Soviet Navy in 1920.
  • HMS Glory (R62) was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier launched in 1943 and scrapped in 1961.

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