HMS Glory (1788)

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

HMS Glory (center) in company with HMS Valiant
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Glory
Ordered16 July 1774
BuilderPlymouth Dockyard
Laid down7 April 1775
Launched5 July 1788
Honours and
awards
FateBroken up, 1825
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeDuke-class ship of the line
Tons burthen194417⁄94 bm
Length
  • Overall:177 ft 5 in (54.1 m)
  • Keel:145 ft 5 in (44.3 m)
Beam50 ft 1+3⁄8 in (15.3 m)
Depth of hold21 ft 2 in (6.45 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Middle gundeck: 30 × 18-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 30 × 12-pounder guns
  • QD: 8 × 12-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 12-pounder guns

HMS Glory was a 98-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 5 July 1788 at Plymouth.

  1. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 21.