HMS Alarm, a sister ship of HMS Glory, in 1758
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History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | Glory |
Ordered | 30 January 1762 |
Builder | Hugh Blaydes & Thomas Hodgson, Hull |
Laid down | March 1762 |
Launched | 24 October 1763 |
Commissioned | 1769 |
Renamed | Apollo in 1774 |
Fate | Taken to pieces at Woolwich Dockyard in January 1786. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Niger-class fifth-rate frigate |
Tons burthen | 679.7 bm |
Length | 125 ft (38 m) |
Beam | 35 ft 2 in (10.72 m) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 220 |
Armament |
HMS Glory was a 32-gun fifth-rate Niger-class frigate of the Royal Navy, and was the second Royal Navy ship to bear this name.[1]