HMS Resolution (1705)
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]
| History | |
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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: | 1103 |
| 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 |
Resolution was lost when she ran ashore in 1707.[1]
Notes
- Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p166.
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.
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