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HMS Glasgow was the Royal Scottish Navy vessel Royal Mary transferred to the Royal Navy by the Act of Union of 1707. Her design was based on the standardize...

ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Glasgow after the Scottish city of Glasgow: The first HMS Glasgow (1707) was a 20-gun sixth rate, previously...

transferred to the Royal Navy at the Union in 1707, when she was renamed HMS Glasgow (1707), and sold in 1719 His Majesty's Revenue cutter Mary. On 25 July 1797...

of the Fleet Sir Cloudesley Shovell (c. November 1650 – 22 or 23 October 1707) was an English naval officer. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle...

England HMS Dalriada, Glasgow, Scotland HMS Eaglet, Liverpool, England HMS Forward, Birmingham, England HMS Flying Fox, Bristol, England HMS Ferret, Chicksands...

Became HMS Edinburgh in 1707; William III Royal Mary (1696) - a Sixth-rate 24 gun frigate. Captain James Hamilton. Became HMS Glasgow in 1707; like named...

Brecon and Hindostan can be found based at the Royal Navy stone frigates HMS Raleigh and the Britannia Royal Naval College, respectively. Non-commissioned...

William and Mary, so the Scottish frigates were renamed HMS Edinburgh and HMS Glasgow, while only HMS Dumbarton Castle retained its name. The Act of Union...

of Great Britain with effect from 1 May 1707 with popular opposition and anti-union riots in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and elsewhere. The union also created...

1743 HMS Sheerness 1743 HMS Wager 1744 HMS Shoreham 1744 HMS Bridgewater 1744 HMS Glasgow 1745 HMS Triton 1745 HMS Mercury 1745 HMS Surprise 1746 HMS Siren...

23 frigates. In May 2024, it was indicated that two frigates, HMS Westminster and HMS Argyll, would indeed be retired reducing the total number of active...

barracks of the British Armed Forces in Scotland since the Treaty of Union 1707, when the Kingdom of Scotland relinquished its independence and formed a...

 33, 37–38. Funnell (1707), pp. 14–15. Funnell (1707), p. 26. Funnell (1707), pp. 44–45. Funnell (1707), pp. 45–47. Funnell (1707), pp. 46–47. Lee (1987)...

duty with the Coastal Forces Squadron. East Scotland Tayside Division Glasgow Liverpool Manchester & Salford Solent Birmingham London Oxford Northumbria...

portrayed by Dido-class cruiser: HMS Cleopatra, Abdiel-class minelayer HMS Manxman, and Town-class cruiser HMS Glasgow) Ballantrae (in the 1951 Trevor...

Civil War, and the parliament in Westminster took on a leading role. In 1707, the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland united under the Treaty...

Reserve. HMS President HMS Scotia HMS Cambria HMS Dalriada HMS Flying Fox HMS Calliope HMS Eaglet HMS Vivid HMS Sherwood HMS King Alfred HMS Forward HMS Hibernia...

killed 1944: Glasgow trams carry about 14 million passengers 1946: Glasgow naval base HMS Spartiate closes 1949: Trolleybuses in Glasgow introduced, condemned...

a long military tradition that predates the Act of Union with England in 1707. Its soldiers today form part of the armed forces of the United Kingdom,...

other airbases with activity at: HMS Gannet, which is a forward operating base of the Fleet Air Arm located at Glasgow Prestwick Airport, South Ayrshire...