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HBMS Glory (1788)

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Glory, 98 Guns

 

Details

NationalityBritish
Ordered1774/07/16B064
Laid Down1775/04/07B064
Named1774/08/30B064
Launched1788/07/05B064
ShipyardPlymouth DYB064
DesignerJohn WilliamsB064
Master ShipbuilderJohn HenslowB064
RateSecond Rate
TypeShip of the Line
Out Service1825/07/30B064
FateBroken UpB064

 

Dimensions

SourceB057
Length of Gundeck177' 5"
Length of Keel145' 5"
Breadth50' 15/8"
Depth in Hold21' 2"
Draught Forward13' 3"
Draught Aft18' 9"
Burthen1,94417/94

 

Armament

Date1788B057
Lower Gun Deck28British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck30British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30British 12-Pounder
Forecastle2British 9-Pounder
Date1790/06B057
Lower Gun Deck28British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck30British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30British 12-Pounder
Forecastle2British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck8British 12-Pounder

 

Crew

DateMenNotesSource
1788750EstablishmentB057

 

Flag Officers

Date FromDate toRank/PositionNameSource
1794/051794/08Rear-AdmiralSir George Keith ElphinstoneB057
1795/091796/04Rear-AdmiralHugh C ChristianB057
1804/101805/05Vice-AdmiralSir John OrdeB057
1805/061806/07Rear-AdmiralCharles StirlingB057
1807/101809Rear-AdmiralWilliam OtwayB057

 

Commanders

Date FromDate toRankNameSource
1793/101794Post CaptainFrancis PenderB057
17941794/05Post CaptainGeorge DuffB057
1794/051794/08Post CaptainJohn ElphinstonB057
1794/081795/01Post CaptainJohn BourmasterB057
1795/011795/06Post CaptainAlexander GraemeB057
1795/061795/09CommanderJohn EatonB057
1795/091795/12Post CaptainGeorge GreyB057
1795/121796/04Post CaptainSir James BowenB057
1796/041797Post CaptainSir George HomeB057
17971799/03Post CaptainJames BrineB057
1799/031801/06Post CaptainThomas WellsB057
1801/061820/40Post CaptainJohn DraperB057
18041804Post CaptainGeorge MartinW031
1804/041804/08Post CaptainGeorge MartinB057
1804/081804/10Post CaptainWilliam ChampainB057
1804/101805/05Post CaptainCharles CravenB057
1805/05/181805/06Post CaptainSir Frederick Whitworth William AylmerB057
1805/061806/07Post CaptainSamuel WarrenB057
1806/071807/10Post CaptainWilliam OtwayB057
1807/101809Post CaptainDonald M leodB057
18101811LieutenantRichard SimmondsB057
18121814/06LieutenantRobert TyteB057

 

Officers

Date FromDate ToRank/PositionNameSource
17941794/07MidshipmanCharles Adam

 

Service record

1793/10Commissioned for Howe's fleetB057
1793/12/23Completed at a cost of £57,790.9.5d plus £6,926 for fittingB057
1795/12/09Sailed for the West IndiesB057
1797/04Involved in the Spithead MutinyB057
1798/03Involved in a MutinyB057
1798/10Involved in a MutinyB057
1799/06/01Sailed for the MediterraneanB057
1800In the Channel FleetB057
1801/01/03Started having her Poop cut down at PlymouthB057
1801/01/10Completed having her Poop cut down at PlymouthB057
1802/04Paid offB057
1804/02Started fitting at ChathamB057
1804/04Recommissioned for the Channel fleetB057
1805/04Completed fitting at a cost of £13,560B057
1807/01/04Sailed for the MediterraneanB057
1809/09/27Re-rated as a prison shipB057
1814/06Paid of into ordinaryB057
1815Converted to a powder hulkB057
1819Ordered to be broken upB057
1825/07/30Break up completed at ChathamB057

 

Actions & Battles

DateSource
1794/06/01Glorious 1st of June
1805/07/223rd Battle of Cape Finisterre

 

Notes

No Notes Entered

 

Sources

B064British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817Rif Winfield
B057British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792Rif Winfield
001A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1848
W031Oxford Dictionary of National BiographyOxford University Press


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