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HMS Glasgow Laid Down : 16th May 1974 Launched : 14th April 1976 Completed : 25th May 1977 Type : Destroyer Class : Sheffield Builder : Swan Hunter Country : UK Pennants : D88 Fate : Paid off 1st February 2005 and scrapped January 2009. |
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| On 23rd September 1976, while being fitted out at the Swan Hunter Neptune shipyard at Newcastle upon Tyne, a severe fire on board killed eight workmen and injured a further six. The fire resulted from a build up of oxygen inside the ship, from leaking pipes, and a welders torch ignited the gas. Three decks of the ship were severely damaged in the fire. |
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HMS Glasgow Photos for Sale |
  HMS Glasgow |
HMS Glasgow Photos Submitted to the Forum |
  HMS Glasgow |
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24th May 1979 - Pennant D88 24th May 1979 - Launched 11th April 2000 - Arrived Southampton 12th April 2000 - Arrived Southampton 16th May 2001 - Arrived Capetown 24th August 2001 - Arrived Portsmouth 19th September 2001 - Arrived Devonport 13th November 2001 - Arrived Portsmouth 27th November 2001 - Arrived Portsmouth 30th November 2001 - Arrived Portsmouth 6th December 2001 - Arrived Gibraltar 18th December 2001 - Arrived Portsmouth 18th January 2002 - Portsmouth 31st January 2002 - Portsmouth 7th February 2002 - Portsmouth 13th February 2002 - Portsmouth 15th February 2002 - Portsmouth 25th February 2002 - Glasgow 1st March 2002 - Faslane 7th March 2002 - Gibraltar 25th March 2002 - Portsmouth 1st November 2002 - Nassau 3rd November 2002 - Turks & Caicos 11th November 2002 - Bermuda 4th April 2003 - Plymouth 11th April 2003 - Portsmouth 6th June 2003 - Devonport 9th June 2003 - Devonport 10th June 2003 - Plymouth Sound 11th June 2003 - Plymouth Sound 12th June 2003 - Plymouth Sound 13th June 2003 - Devonport 16th June 2003 - Devonport 23rd June 2003 - Plymouth Sound 23rd June 2003 - Devonport 24th June 2003 - Devonport 26th June 2003 - Plymouth Sound 27th June 2003 - Devonport 27th June 2003 - Plymouth Sound 30th June 2003 - Plymouth Sound 30th June 2003 - Devonport 2nd July 2003 - Devonport 2nd July 2003 - Plymouth Sound 3rd July 2003 - Devonport 7th July 2003 - Plymouth Sound 7th July 2003 - Devonport 8th July 2003 - Devonport 8th July 2003 - Plymouth Sound 9th July 2003 - Devonport 10th July 2003 - Devonport 11th July 2003 - Devonport 14th July 2003 - Plymouth Sound 15th July 2003 - Devonport 15th July 2003 - Plymouth Sound 16th July 2003 - Devonport 16th July 2003 - Plymouth Sound 17th July 2003 - Plymouth Sound 18th July 2003 - Devonport 21st July 2003 - Plymouth Sound 21st July 2003 - Cawsand Bay 23rd July 2003 - Devonport 25th July 2003 - Portsmouth 30th July 2003 - Portsmouth 5th September 2003 - Glasgow 28th September 2003 - Portsmouth 3rd November 2003 - Plymouth Sound 6th November 2003 - Plymouth Sound 7th November 2003 - Plymouth Sound 9th December 2003 - Accra, Ghana 21st January 2004 - Tristan da Cunha 18th March 2004 - Punta Arenas 27th March 2004 - Montevideo 16th April 2004 - Montevideo 7th May 2004 - Portsmouth 9th July 2004 - Den Helder 27th July 2004 - Portsmouth 4th October 2004 - Portsmouth 5th October 2004 - Portsmouth 6th October 2004 - Portsmouth 7th October 2004 - Portsmouth 8th October 2004 - Portsmouth 11th October 2004 - Glasgow 21st October 2004 - Portsmouth | |||
HMS Glasgow Artwork Collection |
  Perisher by Robert Barbour. |   HMS Glasgow by Ivan Berryman. |
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