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Nine ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Glasgow''''' after the [[Scotland|Scottish]] city of [[Glasgow]]:

*The first {{HMS|Glasgow|1707}} was a 20-gun [[sixth rate]], previously the Scottish ship ''Royal Mary''. She was transferred to the Royal Navy in 1707 and was sold in 1719.
*The second {{HMS|Glasgow|1745}} was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1745 and sold in 1756.
*The third {{HMS|Glasgow|1757}} was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1757 and accidentally burnt in 1779.
*The fourth {{HMS|Glasgow|1814}} was a 40-gun [[fifth-rate]] {{sclass|Endymion|frigate}} launched in 1814 and broken up by 1829.
*The fifth {{HMS|Glasgow|1861}} was a wooden [[screw frigate]] launched in 1861 and sold in 1884.
*The sixth {{HMS|Glasgow|1909}} was a {{sclass2|Town|cruiser|0||1910}} [[light cruiser]] launched in 1909 and sold in 1927.
*The seventh {{HMS|Glasgow|C21}} was a {{sclass2|Town|cruiser|0||1936}} light cruiser launched in 1936 and scrapped in 1958.
*The eighth {{HMS|Glasgow|D88}} was a [[Type 42 destroyer]] launched in 1976. She was decommissioned in 2005 and scrapped in 2009.
*The ninth {{HMS|Glasgow|F88}} is lead ship of the Royal Navy's [[Type 26 frigate]]s, to be operational in 2026.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.baesystems.com/en/article/production-begins-in-glasgow-for-the-first-royal-navy-type-26-global-combat-ship |title=Production begins in Glasgow for the first Royal Navy Type 26 Global Combat Ship |publisher=BAE Systems |date=20 July 2017}}</ref>

==Battle honours==
*[[Battle of Lagos|Lagos]] 1759
*[[Battle of Havana (1762)|Havana]] 1762
*[[Bombardment of Algiers (1816)|Algiers]] 1816
*[[Battle of Navarino|Navarino]] 1827
*[[Battle of Coronel|Coronel]] 1914
*[[Battle of the Falkland Islands|Falkland Islands]] 1914
*[[Norwegian Campaign|Norway]] 1940
*[[Arctic convoys of World War II|Arctic]] 1943
*[[Battle of the Bay of Biscay|Biscay]] 1943
*[[Normandy landings|Normandy]] 1944
*[[Falklands War|Falkland Islands]] 1982

==See also==
* {{ship|HHS|Glasgow}} was the [[royal yacht]] of the [[Sultan of Zanzibar]], built in 1873 in the style of the 1861 HMS ''Glasgow'' and sunk in 1896

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