His Highness' Ship "Glasgow" was a royal yacht belonging to the Sultan of Zanzibar. She was built in the style of the British frigate 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 lay 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.