HMS Resolution (1770)

HMS Resolution was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 12 April 1770 at Deptford Dockyard.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Resolution.

Resolution
History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Resolution
Ordered: 16 September 1766
Builder: Deptford Dockyard
Laid down: July 1767
Launched: 12 April 1770
Honours and
awards:
Fate: Broken up, 1813
General characteristics [1][2]
Class and type: Elizabeth-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1612​11⁄94 (bm)
Length:
  • Overall:168 ft 6 in (51.4 m)
  • Keel:137 ft 7 3⁄4 in (42.0 m)
Beam: 46 ft 11 in (14.3 m)
Depth of hold: 19 ft 9 in (6.0 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Armament:
  • Originally
    • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
    • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
    • QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns
    • Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns
  • 1800s
    • QD: 14 × 32-pounder carronades
    • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades
The Death of Lord Robert Manners" (1786) on HMS Resolution

She participated in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780), Battle off Halifax (1780), the Battle of the Chesapeake (1781), and the Battle of the Saintes (1782), under the command of Lord Robert Manners, who was mortally wounded in the battle and died during his return to England.

She was reported at Halifax, Nova Scotia on 17 May 1776 with Vice-Admiral Murray[3]

Resolution was broken up in 1813.[1]

Citations and notes
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p179.
  2. Winfield (2008), p. 48.
  3. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65127252/hms-resolution-1770-at-halifax-nova/

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.
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.


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