HMS Glory (1788)

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

HMS Glory (center) in company with HMS Valiant
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Glory
Ordered	16 July 1774
Builder	Plymouth Dockyard
Laid down	7 April 1775
Launched	5 July 1788
Honours and awards	Participated in: Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805)
Fate	Broken up, 1825
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Duke-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	194417⁄94 bm
Length	Overall:177 ft 5 in (54.1 m) Keel:145 ft 5 in (44.3 m)
Beam	50 ft 1+3⁄8 in (15.3 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft 2 in (6.45 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-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.

History

In 1798, some of her crew were court-martialed for mutiny. ^[2]

On 11 March, 1805 Vice Admiral Sir John Orde, 1st Baronet aboard "Glory", off Cadiz, notified the U.S. Consul at Cadiz that Cadiz was under blockade. ^[3]

Glory served as the flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Stirling at the Battle of Cape Finisterre in 1805, commanded by Captain Samuel Warren.

Glory was re-rated as a prison ship at Chatham on 27 September 1809. Lieutenant Richard Simmonds commanded her in 1810 and 1811. ^{[1] [Note 1]} His replacement was Lieutenant Robert Tyte and Vice Admiral George Murray in 1794. ^[1]

Fate

Glory was paid off into ordinary in August 1814. In 1815 the navy used her as a powder hulk. She was ordered to be broken up in 1819; break up was completed at Chatham on 30 July 1825. ^[1]

Notes

1. In 1812 Simmonds assumed command of the gunbrig HMS Attack. ^[4]

Citations

1. Winfield (2008), p. 21.
2. MacDougall, Phillip (2022). "The Naval Mutinies of 1798". The Mariner's Mirror. 108 (4). Society for Nautical Research: 423–428.
3. Naval Documents related to the United States Wars with the Barbary Powers Volume V Part 3 of 3 September 7 1804 through April 1805 (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 454. Retrieved 24 May 2025– via Ibiblio.
4. Winfield (2008), p. 339.

References

• Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN   0-85177-252-8.
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (revised ed.). Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN   978-1-84415-717-4.

External links

• Media related to HMS Glory (ship, 1788) at Wikimedia Commons