HMS Glory (1763)
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]
| History | |
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| Name | HMS Glory |
| Ordered | 30 January 1762 |
| Builder | Hugh Blaydes & Thomas Hodgson, Hull |
| Laid down | March 1762 |
| Launched | 24 October 1763 |
| Commissioned | 1769 |
| Renamed | HMS Apollo in 1774 |
| Fate | Taken to pieces at Woolwich Dockyard in January 1786. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Niger-class fifth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen | 679.7 bm |
| Length | 125 ft (38 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft 2 in (10.72 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 220 |
| Armament | |
Career
HMS Glory was ordered during the Seven Years' War, but completed too late for that conflict. She was placed in Ordinary and was not commissioned until May 1769 under Capt. John Hollwall, for the Duke of Cumberland's squadron in the Channel. She was paid off Jan 1773 and was renamed HMS Apollo 30 Aug 1774. Afterwards she underwent a large repair at Plymouth from 1776 to 1777. She was recommissioned in January 1777 under Capt. Philemon Pownall and sailed for North America.[1] On 17 January, 1778 she captured merchant sloop Friendship on the southern end of the Georges Bank and burned the prize. [2] On 28 January she recaptured merchant brig "Betsy" on the southern end of the Georges Bank.[3]
Action of 15 Jun 1780
Apollo's opponent was the 26-gun French privateer Stanislaus, and after nearly an hour of intense cannonading Pownall was hit by a cannonball and killed.[4][5] Command of Apollo devolved to Edward Pellew as the first lieutenant, who continued the fight, eventually driving the Stanislaus on shore. Apart from her captain, Apollo lost five men killed and had twenty wounded.[5] The Stanislaus was later recovered and brought into the navy as HMS Proselyte.[5]
Fate
She was broken up at Woolwich Dockyard 30 Jan 1786.[1]
Citations
- Winfield 2007, p. 198
- "Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778" (PDF). U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- "Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778" (PDF). U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- "Pownoll, Philemon (b. in or before 1734, d. 1780)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/64864. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Allen. Battles of the British Navy. p. 304.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Winfield, Rif (2007) British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.