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HMS Glasgow was a Type 42 destroyer of the Royal Navy. The last of the Batch 1 Type 42 destroyers, Glasgow was commissioned in 1979. The destroyer fought during the Falklands War , and on 12 May 1982 was damaged by a bomb from an Argentine A-4 Skyhawk .
On 23 April Glasgow, Sheffield, HMS Galatea and six destroyers landed the first part of the 15th Infantry Brigade in Åndalsnes. On 29 April, she evacuated King Haakon and Crown Prince Olav of Norway, Nygaardsvold's Cabinet and part of the Norwegian gold reserves when they fled from Molde to Tromsø, escaping the advancing German forces. [5]
The sixth HMS Glasgow (1909) was a Town-class light cruiser launched in 1909 and sold in 1927. The seventh HMS Glasgow (C21) was a Town-class light cruiser launched in 1936 and scrapped in 1958. The eighth HMS Glasgow (D88) was a Type 42 destroyer launched in 1976. She was decommissioned in 2005 and scrapped in 2009. The ninth HMS Glasgow (F88 ...
Sixty-four survivors were rescued by Royal Navy minesweepers, 168 by the Irish coaster, Kerlogue, six by Spanish destroyers and 55 by German submarine U-505 and German submarine U-618. Glasgow , Enterprise and Ariadne returned to Plymouth under glider-bomb attack and Penelope , Le Fantasque and Le Malin to Gibraltar .
Z32 was a German Type 1936A (Mob) destroyer, which was completed in 1942 and which served with the 8th Destroyer Flotilla of the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War.She fought in the Battle of the Bay of Biscay against HMS Glasgow and HMS Enterprise, alongside the German 8th Destroyer Flotilla and the 4th Torpedo Boat Flotilla.
The Battle of the Bay of Biscay or Operation Bernau, was a naval action that took place on 28 December 1943 during the Second World War during the Atlantic campaign.The engagement took place between two light cruisers of the Royal Navy and a force of destroyers and torpedo boats of the Kriegsmarine that had sailed to rendezvous with a blockade-runner and escort it to port.
At 12:20, Group 1 destroyers laid smoke to protect the heavy ships in Fire Support Area 3, then closed nearer to the shore to gain more effective fire on the Querqueville Battery. German fire concentrated on HMS Glasgow and Enterprise, hitting Glasgow twice, but she was able to rejoin. After two hours of dueling, all four German guns were ...
Sunk in battle by the British cruiser Trinidad and destroyer Eclipse on 29 March 1942 in the Barents Sea while attacking Convoy PQ 13. Z27: 27 December 1939 26 February 1941 Sunk in battle with British light cruisers Glasgow and Enterprise on 28 December 1943 in the Bay of Biscay. Z28: 30 October 1939 9 August 1941