HMS Glory (1788)

HMS Glory (center) in company with HMS Valiant
History
UK
Name:	HMS Glory
Ordered:	16 July 1774
Builder:	Plymouth Dockyard
Laid down:	7 April 1775
Launched:	5 July 1788
Honours and awards:	Participated in: Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805)
Fate:	Broken up, 1825
General characteristics
Class and type:	Duke-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1931 bm
Length:	177 ft 6 in (54.10 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	50 ft (15 m)
Depth of hold:	21 ft 2 in (6.45 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	98 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Middle gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 30 × 12 pdrs Quarterdeck: 8 × 12 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs

HMS Glory was a 98-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 5 July 1788 at Plymouth.

Glory served as the flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Stirling at the Battle of Cape Finisterre in 1805, commanded by Captain Samuel Warren.

She was converted to a prison ship in 1809, and was broken up in 1825.