HMS Glasgow (C21)

Glasgow
History
United Kingdom
NameGlasgow
NamesakeGlasgow
BuilderScotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock
Laid down16 April 1935
Launched20 June 1936
Commissioned9 September 1937
DecommissionedNovember 1956
IdentificationPennant number: C21
FateSold for scrap, July 1958
General characteristics
Class and typeTown-class light cruiser
Displacement
  • 9,100 tons standard
  • 11,350 tons full load
Length591 ft (180 m) overall
Beam61 ft 8 in (18.80 m)
Draught21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
Installed power
PropulsionFour-shaft geared turbines
Speed32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Complement748
Armament
Aircraft carriedTwo Supermarine Walrus aircraft (Removed in the latter part of WWII)

HMS Glasgow was a Town-class cruiser commissioned in September 1937. She took part in the Fleet Air Arm raid that crippled the Italian Fleet at Taranto in 1940. She had the unfortunate experience of sinking two Allied ships during her wartime service, once through accidental collision and the other by gunfire after a case of mistaken identity.