&sq=&lang=&file=File:TRENT_1796_RMG_J5676.jpg) Profile plan for Glenmore and her sister ship, Trent
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Glenmore |
| Ordered | 24 January 1795 |
| Builder | Woolwich Dockyard (M/shipwright John Tovey) |
| Laid down | March 1795 |
| Launched | 24 March 1796 |
| Commissioned | April 1796 |
| Fate | Sold November 1814 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Amazon-class frigate |
| Tons burthen | 92587⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 38 ft 2 in (11.6 m) |
| Depth of hold | 13 ft 6 in (4.1 m) |
| Crew | 264 |
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HMS Glenmore was a 36-gun Amazon-class frigate designed by William Rule for the Royal Navy. Tweed had been the intended name when she was laid down in March of 1795 but this was changed before her launch in March 1796. A fifth rate, the ship carried a main battery of twenty-six 18-pounder (8.2-kilogram) long guns on her gun deck.
First commissioned during the French Revolutionary Wars, Glenmore joined Admiral Adam Duncan's fleet in the North Sea, leaving for service in the English Channel in May 1797. On arrival at Spithead, the ship's crew revolted in support of the fleet mutiny which was already in progress there. The dispute was resolved on 16 May and Glenmore was reassigned to the Irish station. While there, Glenmore played a part in suppressing the Irish Rebellion of 1798; her crew attacking rebel outposts near Wexford.
While escorting a large convoy to the West Indies in December 1799, Glenmore and the frigate Aimable encountered two French vessels, the frigate Sirène and the corvette Bergère, and the recently captured East Indiaman Calcutta. After a 35-minute engagement, Amiable drove off the French warships while Glenmore recaptured Calcutta. In February 1800, Glenmore underwent a refit at Plymouth, during which the naval architect Robert Seppings introduced diagonal trusses that reduced hogging.
Glenmore was subjected to another mutiny in May 1801, precipitated by a change of captain. The new commander was a stricter disciplinarian than his predecessor, and the crew felt that most of the punishments were excessive or unwarranted. Two of the ringleaders were court-martialled and hanged the following October. Glenmore continued to serve on the Irish Station until the Treaty of Amiens was ratified in March 1802, after which she served as a troopship for soldiers returning from the continent. She was later fitted as a receiving ship at Plymouth and remained there in ordinary until sold on 3 November 1814.
- ^ Winfield (2008), p. 148.