HMS Glory
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Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Glory:
- Glory, 32 was a fifth-rate broken up in 1786.
- Glory was formerly Gloire, a French ship captured in 1781.
- Glory, 90 was a second-rate converted to a prison ship in 1809 and broken up in 1825.
- Glory, launched in 1899, was a Canopus-class battleship that served in World War I. She was broken up in 1922.
- Glory IV was formerly the Russian cruiser Askold, seized by the British in 1918 and used as a depot ship until she was returned to the Soviet Navy in 1920.
- Glory (R62), launched in 1943, was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier. She served in World War II and the Korean War. She was scrapped in 1961.
