HMS Glory

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Glory", or the French variant HMS "Gloire":

*HMS|Gloire|1747|6 was a 44-gun fifth rate captured from the French in 1747. She was also listed as HMS "Glory", and was broken up in 1763.
*HMS|Glory|1763|6 was a 32-gun fifth-rate launched in 1763. She was renamed HMS "Apollo" in 1774 and was broken up in 1786.
*HMS|Glory|1781|6 was an 8-gun lugger, formerly the French "Gloire". She was captured in 1781 and broken up in 1783.
*HMS|Glory|1788|6 was a 90-gun second-rate launched in 1788. She was converted to a prison ship in 1809, a powder hulk in 1814, was and broken up in 1825.
*HMS|Gloire|1795|6 was a 40-gun fifth rate captured from the French in 1795 and sold in 1802.
*HMS|Gloire|1806|6 was a 36-gun fifth rate captured from the French in 1806 and broken up in 1812.
*HMS "Gloire" was a 38-gun fifth rate, previously the French "Iphigenie". She was captured in 1814 and taken into service as HMS|Palma|1814|6. She was renamed HMS "Gloire" later that year and was sold in 1817.
*HMS|Glory|1899|6 was a "Canopus"-class battleship launched in 1899. She was renamed HMS "Crescent" in 1920 when she became a depot ship, and was broken up in 1922.
*HMS "Glory IV" was formerly the Russian cruiser "Askold", seized by the British in 1918 and used as a depot ship until she was returned to the Soviet Navy in 1920.
*HMS|Glory|R62|6 was a "Colossus"-class aircraft carrier launched in 1943 and scrapped in 1961.

ee also

*HMS|Glorioso
*HMS|Glorious