HMS Glory (1763)

HMS Alarm, a sister ship of HMS Glory, in 1758
History
RN EnsignGreat Britain
NameGlory
Ordered30 January 1762
BuilderHugh Blaydes & Thomas Hodgson, Hull
Laid downMarch 1762
Launched24 October 1763
Commissioned1769
RenamedApollo in 1774
FateTaken to pieces at Woolwich Dockyard in January 1786.
General characteristics
Class and typeNiger-class fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen679.7 bm
Length125 ft (38 m)
Beam35 ft 2 in (10.72 m)
Depth of hold12 ft (3.7 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement220
Armament
  • Upperdeck: 26 ×  12-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 ×  6-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 ×  6-pounder guns
  • 12 ×  ½-pounder swivels

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]

  1. ^ Winfield 2007, p. 198