HHS Glasgow
HHS Glasgow at Zanzibar in 1890
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| Name: | Glasgow |
| Operator: | Sultan of Zanzibar |
| Builder: | William Denny and Brothers |
| Yard number: | Hull 200 |
| Laid down: | 14 May 1877 |
| Launched: | 2 March 1878 |
| Out of service: | 27 August 1896 |
| Fate: | Sunk during Anglo-Zanzibar War, salvaged and broken up 1912 |
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| Type: | Royal yacht |
| Displacement: | 1,416 tons |
| Length: | 210 ft (64 m) |
| Beam: | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Draft: | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Installed power: | 172 nhp |
| Propulsion: | Single compound steam engine with two bladed lifting propeller |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
His Highness' Ship Glasgow was a royal yacht belonging to the Sultan of Zanzibar. She was built in the style of the British frigate HMS Glasgow which had visited the Sultan in 1873. Glasgow cost the Sultan £32,735 and contained several luxury features but failed to impress the Sultan and she lay at anchor in harbour at Zanzibar Town for much of her career. The vessel was brought out of semi-retirement on 25 August 1896 when she participated in the Anglo-Zanzibar War and was soon sunk by a flotilla of British warships. Glasgow's wreck remained in the harbour, her three masts and funnel projecting from the water, until 1912 when she was broken up for scrap.
Glasgow was built in 1878 as a replacement for Sultan Bargash's fleet which had been lost in a hurricane in 1872.Glasgow was based upon the British Royal Navy screw frigate HMS Glasgow which had impressed the Sultan during a visit to Zanzibar in 1873. Bargash consulted with Sir William Mackinnon, the founder of the British-India Steam Navigation Company, who recommended the firm of William Denny and Brothers as shipbuilders. On 17 April 1877 Denny wrote to the Bargash's agents promising to build "a vessel in every way a handsome and substantial piece of work" and on 14 May 1877 the ship was laid down. The vessel was constructed with an iron frame covered with teak planks and a keel made from rock elm, the hull was sheathed with Muntz metal below the waterline.Glasgow was equipped with three masts and a steam propulsion system with a lifting propeller. The vessel was launched on 2 March 1878.
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