Ten ships of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 have been named HMS Glory, or the French variant HMS Gloire:
was a 44-gun fifth rate, formerly the French 44-gun ship La Gloire, captured from the French in 1747, and was sold to be broken up in 1763. was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1763. She was renamed HMS Apollo in 1774 and was broken up in 1786. was an 8-gun lugger

Lugger

A lugger is a class of boats, widely used as traditional fishing boats, particularly off the coasts of France, Scotland and England. It is a small sailing vessel with lugsails set on two or more masts and perhaps lug topsails.-Defining the rig:...

, formerly the French Gloire. She was captured in 1781 and broken up in 1783. was a 98-gun second rate

Second-rate

In the British Royal Navy, a second rate was a ship of the line which by the start of the 18th century mounted 90 to 98 guns on three gun decks; earlier 17th century second rates had fewer guns and were originally two-deckers or had only partially armed third gun decks. The term in no way implied...

 launched in 1788. She was converted to a prison ship

Prison ship

A prison ship, historically sometimes called a prison hulk, is a vessel used as a prison, often to hold convicts awaiting transportation to penal colonies. This practice was popular with the British government in the 18th and 19th centuries....

 in 1809, a powder hulk in 1814, and broken up in 1825. was a 40-gun fifth rate captured from the French in 1795 and sold in 1802. 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 . She was renamed HMS Gloire later that year and was sold in 1817. was a Canopus-class
  Canopus class battleship
  The Canopus class was a group of six pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy which were designed by Sir William White for use in the Far East and entered service between 1899 and 1902. The lead ship was which was followed by , , , and...
  
   battleship
  Battleship
  A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns. Battleships were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers and destroyers. As the largest armed ships in a fleet, battleships were used to attain command of the sea and represented the apex of a...
  
   launched in 1899. She was renamed HMS Crescent in 1920 when she became a depot ship
  Depot ship
  A depot ship is a ship which acts as a mobile or fixed base for other ships and submarines or supports a naval base. Depot ships may be specifically designed for their purpose or be converted from another purpose...
  
  , and was broken up in 1922.
• HMS Glory IV
  Russian cruiser Askold (1900)
  Askold was a protected cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy. She was named after the legendary Varangian Askold. Her thin, narrow hull and maximum speed of were considered impressive for the time....
  
   was formerly the Russian cruiser Askold
  Russian cruiser Askold (1900)
  Askold was a protected cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy. She was named after the legendary Varangian Askold. Her thin, narrow hull and maximum speed of were considered impressive for the time....
  
  , seized by the British in 1918 and used as a depot ship until she was returned to the Soviet Navy
  Soviet Navy
  The Soviet Navy was the naval arm of the Soviet Armed Forces. Often referred to as the Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy would have played an instrumental role in a Warsaw Pact war with NATO, where it would have attempted to prevent naval convoys from bringing reinforcements across the Atlantic Ocean...
  
   in 1920. was a Colossus-class
  Colossus class aircraft carrier
  The 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier, commonly referred to as the British Light Fleet Carrier, was a light aircraft carrier design created by the Royal Navy during World War II, and used by eight naval forces between 1944 and 2001...
  
   aircraft carrier
  Aircraft carrier
  An aircraft carrier is a warship designed with a primary mission of deploying and recovering aircraft, acting as a seagoing airbase. Aircraft carriers thus allow a naval force to project air power worldwide without having to depend on local bases for staging aircraft operations...
  
  launched in 1943 and scrapped in 1961.