HMS Resolution (1705)

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Name: HMS Resolution
Builder: Lee, Woolwich Dockyard
Launched: 15 March 1705
Fate: Run ashore, 1707
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,103 long tons (1,120.7 t)
Length: 150 ft 10 in (46.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 40 ft 11 in (12.5 m)
Depth of hold: 17 ft 1 in (5.2 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 70 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Resolution was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Woolwich Dockyard and launched on 15 March 1705.[1]

Resolution was lost when she ran ashore in 1707.[1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p166.

[edit] References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.