HMS Resolution

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Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Resolution:

• HMS Resolution, a 50-gun Speaker-class frigate launched in 1654 as Tredagh, renamed Resolution in 1660 and destroyed after grounding by a Dutch fireship in the St James's Day Battle on 4 August 1666.
• HMS Resolution, a 70-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1667, rebuilt 1698, and foundered in 1703.
• HMS Resolution, a 70-gun third rate launched in 1705 but run ashore to avoid capture in 1707.
• HMS Resolution, a 70-gun third rate launched in 1708 and wrecked 1711.
• HMS Resolution, a 74-gun third rate launched in 1758 but run aground and lost a year later at the Battle of Quiberon Bay.
• HMS Resolution, a 74-gun third rate launched in 1770 and broken up in 1813.
• HMS Resolution, the vessel of Captain James Cook in his explorations.
• HMS Resolution, a cutter purchased in 1779 and foundered 1797.
• HMS Resolution, a battleship in service from 1892 to 1914.
• HMS Resolution, a battleship in service from 1915 to 1944.
• HMS Resolution (S22), the lead ship of the Resolution-class ballistic missile submarines.
• HMNZS Resolution (A-14), a United States Navy survey ship transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy in 1996.

The very first warship however to bear the name Resolution — though not HMS Resolution — was HMS Prince Royal that was renamed Resolution during the Commonwealth period.

[edit] References

• Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.