Sunk during Anglo-Zanzibar War, salvaged and broken up 1912
General characteristics
Type
Royal yacht
Displacement
1,416 tons
Length
210 ft (64 m)
Beam
29 ft (8.8 m)
Draft
16 ft (4.9 m)
Installed power
172 nhp
Propulsion
Single compound steam engine with two bladed lifting propeller
Speed
12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Armament
7 x RML 9-pounder
9-barrel Gatling gun
His Highness' Ship Glasgow was a royal yacht belonging to the Sultan of Zanzibar. She was built in the style of the British frigate HMS Glasgow which had visited the Sultan in 1873. Glasgow cost the Sultan £32,735 and contained several luxury features but failed to impress the Sultan and she laid at anchor in harbour at Zanzibar Town for much of her career. The vessel was brought out of semi-retirement on 25 August 1896 when she participated in the Anglo-Zanzibar War and was soon sunk by a flotilla of British warships. Glasgow's wreck remained in the harbour, her three masts and funnel projecting from the water, until 1912 when she was broken up for scrap.
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