HMS Glasgow
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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Glasgow after the city in Scotland.
- The first Glasgow was a 20 gun 6th rate Scottish ship of the line, transferred to the Royal Navy in 1707, and sold in 1719.
- The second Glasgow was 24 gun 6th rate launched in 1745 and sold in 1756.
- The third Glasgow was a 20 gun 6th rate launched in 1757. The ship was burnt out in an accident in 1779 whilst berthed in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
- The fourth Glasgow was a 50 gun 4th rate launched in 1814 and sold in 1829.
- The fifth Glasgow was a wooden screw frigate launched at Portsmouth in 1861 and sold in 1884.
- The sixth, Glasgow, launched in 1909, was a Town-class light cruiser.
- The seventh, Glasgow, launched in 1937, was a cruiser of another Town class.
- The eighth and present Glasgow (D88) is a Type 42 destroyer destroyer, and was commissioned in 1979. She was the first warship to enter the South Atlantic Exclusion Zone during the Falklands War in May 1982. She was hit by a bomb on 12 May 1982 which passed through the aft engine room without exploding or causing injury.