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| Home-Loney-Background-The Royal Navy | Browse mid-Victorian RN vessels: A; B; C; D; E - F; G - H; I - L; M; N - P; Q - R; S; T - U; V - Z; ?? |
| Name | Glasgow | Explanation | |
| Type | Frigate | ||
| Launched | 28 March 1861 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 250 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw | Men | 550 |
| Builders measure | 3027 tons | ||
| Displacement | 4020 tons | ||
| Guns | 51 | ||
| Fate | 1884 | Last in commission | 1875 |
| Class | Bristol | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/194 | ||
| Career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 28 March 1861 | Launched at Portsmouth Dockyard. | ||
| 24 May 1871 - 20 July 1875 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth) by Captain Theodore Morton Jones, flagship of Rear-Admiral James Horsford Cockburn then Arthur Cumming (after Cockburn died), East Indies | ||
| December 1884 | Sold for breaking up | ||
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