HMS ''Glory'' was a 32-gun

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of the

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, and was the second Royal Navy ship to bear this name.Winfield 2007, p. 198

Career

''Glory'' was ordered during the

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, but completed too late for that conflict. She was placed

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and was not commissioned until May 1769 under Captain John Hollwall, for the Duke of Cumberland's squadron in the

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. She was paid off Jan 1773 and was renamed HMS ''Apollo'' on 30 August 1774. Afterwards she underwent a large repair at Plymouth from 1776 to 1777. She was recommissioned in January 1777 under Capt.

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and sailed for North America. On 17 January, 1778 she captured merchant sloop Friendship on the southern end of the

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and burned the prize. On 27 January she and captured Massachusetts privateer schooner True Blue on the Georges Bank. On 28 January she recaptured merchant

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''Betsy'' on the southern end of the

. On 9 March 1778, the frigate captured the sloop ''Sally'' off southern end of Georges Bank, and the

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''Polly'' the next day. On 31 January 1779 ''Apollo'' captured the 32 gun French frigate ''Oiseau'' off the town of St. Brieuc after a two hour fight.

Action of 15 June 1780

''Apollo''s opponent was the 26-gun French privateer ''Stanislaus'', and after nearly an hour of intense cannonading Pownall was hit by a cannonball and killed. Command of ''Apollo'' devolved to

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as the first lieutenant, who continued the fight, eventually driving the ''Stanislaus'' on shore. Apart from her captain, ''Apollo'' lost five men killed and had twenty wounded. The ''Stanislaus'' was later recovered and brought into the navy as .

Fate

She was broken up at Woolwich Dockyard 30 January 1786.

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References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Glory (1763) 1763 ships Fifth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy