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 |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Resolution.
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]
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- 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.