HMS Glasgow (1909)

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HMS Glasgow, the sixth ship of that name, was launched on the Clyde at Govan in 1909 and was a Town-class light cruiser of 4800 tons, capable of around 26 knots.

In World War I, in the South Atlantic in November 1914, she saw action at the Battle of Coronel, when, together with the cruisers HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth, she engaged the German East Asia Cruiser Squadron, including the new cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. Having inflicted little damage on the enemy, Glasgow escaped with moderate damage considering that an estimated 600 shells were fired at her, although the other British cruisers were lost with all hands. Next month, in the battle of the Falkland Islands, in company with the battlecruisers Invincible and Inflexible, the battle with Admiral Von Spee was resumed on more advantageous terms. The victory was convincing with HMS Glasgow helping sink a light cruiser. Another, Dresden escaped this particular battle, only to be later found by the Glasgow and forced to scuttle.

After the war Glasgow served briefly as a stokers' training ship before being paid off in 1922 and scrapped in 1927.

Mt. Glasgow in the Canadian Rockies in Alberta, Canada is named after this ship.

See HMS Glasgow for other ships of this name.

Town-class cruiser

Royal Navy

Bristol class

Bristol |Glasgow | Gloucester | Liverpool | Newcastle

Weymouth class

Weymouth | Yarmouth | Dartmouth | | Falmouth

Chatham class

Chatham | Dublin | Southampton

Birmingham class

Birmingham | Lowestoft | Nottingham

Birkenhead class

Birkenhead | Chester

Royal Australian Navy

Chatham class

Brisbane | Melbourne | Sydney

Birmingham class

Adelaide

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