HMS Glenmore (1796)

HMS Glenmore was an Amazon-class frigate designed by William Rule for the Royal Navy. A fifth rate, she carried a main battery of twenty-six 18-pounder (8.2-kilogram) long guns on her gun deck, with eight 9 pdr (4.1 kg) on the quarter deck and two on the forecastle and was launched in 1796.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Glenmore.

Profile plan for Glenmore and her sister ship, Trent
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Glenmore
Ordered24 January 1795
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard (M/shipwright John Tovey)
Laid downMarch 1795
Launched24 March 1796
CommissionedApril 1796
FateSold November 1814
General characteristics
Class and typeAmazon-class frigate
Tons burthen92587⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • Overall:143 ft 0 in (43.6 m)
  • Keel:119 ft 6 in (36.4 m)
Beam38 ft 2 in (11.6 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 6 in (4.1 m)
Crew264
Armament
  • Gundeck:26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD:8 × 9-pounder guns + 6 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Fc:2 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades

While escorting a large convoy to the West Indies in December 1799, Glenmore and Aimable encountered two French vessels, French frigate Sirène and French corvette Bergère, and the recently captured East Indiaman Calcutta. After a 35-minute engagement, Amiable had driven off the French warships while Glenmore recaptured Calcutta.

Glenmore was sold in 1814.

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