HMS Glasgow (1757)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Glasgow.

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameGlasgow
Ordered13 April 1756
BuilderJohn Reed, Hull
Laid down5 June 1756
Launched31 August 1757
CommissionedMarch 1757
General characteristics
Class and type20-gun Sixth rate
Tons burthen451 bm
Length
  • 109 ft 4 in (33.3 m) (gundeck)
  • 91 ft 2+1⁄2 in (27.8 m) (keel)
Beam30 ft 6 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 7+1⁄2 in (2.9 m)
Complement160 officers and men
Armament20 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Glasgow was a 20-gun sixth-rate post ship of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1757 and took part in the American Revolutionary War. While under command of Capt. William Maltby she ran onto rocks at Cohasset, Massachusetts on 10 December 1774. Refloated and arrived in Boston on the 15th for repairs. Capt. Maltby was relieved of command at a Court Martial and replaced by Tyringham Howe some time between 8–15 January 1775.[1] She is most famous for her encounter with the maiden voyage of the Continental Navy off Block Island on 6 April 1776. In that action, Glasgow engaged a squadron of 6 ships of the Continental Navy, managing to escape intact.[2] Under the command of Tho. Pasley, she captured sloop Juliana on 1 April 1777. She captured sloop Unity on 2 April 1777. She captured the sloop Betsy & Ann on 4 April. She captured sloop Volante on 5 April. She captured the brig Aurora on 10 April. She captured sloop Sally on 16 April. She captured American privateer sloop Henry on 19 April. She captured schooner Providence on 2 May. She captured schooner Nancy, probably in early May. She captured schooner Betsy 27 June. She captured brig Dolphin on unknown date. She captured sloop Rover on 24 July. She captured sloop Antonio on 21 July. She captured sloop Tryall on 25 July. She captured an unknown schooner on an unknown date. She captured schooner Gen. Thompson on an unknown date. She captured sloop Industry at an unknown date. She captured schooner Betsy & Ann on 4 November. She captured brig Sally on 8 December. She captured sloop Defiance and schooner Success on 9 December. She captured brig Minerva on 19 December. She captured schooner Happy Return on 22 December 1777.[3] On 28 February 1778, she captured sloop Abigale 5 leagues east northeast of the Tiburon Peninsula.[4] On 9 March 1778, she captured schooner Nancy 6 leagues off Mayaguana, Bahamas.[5] She captured sloop Lucy on 12 March off the south east end of Mayaguana.[6] She captured a prize in April 1778, but it sprang a leak and sank.[7]

She later chased two large Continental frigates in the Caribbean before she was accidentally burned in Montego Bay, Jamaica in 1779.[8]

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  2. ^ Wm. Laid Clowes, The Royal Navy a History from the Earliest Times to the Present, Volume 4, Sampson, Marston and Company Ltd, London 1899, p. 3
  3. ^ "Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 European THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 American: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778" (PDF). U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
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  7. ^ "NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution" (PDF). history.navy.mil. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  8. ^ Larn, Richard (1992). Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.