HMS Resource

Three ships of the Royal Navy and one of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have borne the name Resource:

  • HMS Resource (1778) was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate launched in 1778. She was converted to a 22-gun floating battery in 1804 and renamed Enterprize in 1806. She was sold in 1816.
  • HMS Resource (1915) was a yacht launched in 1865 and hired by the Royal Navy as a depot ship in October 1915. She was lost by fire six weeks later.
  • HMS Resource (F79) was a repair ship launched in 1928 and broken up in 1954..

See also
  • RFA Resource (A480), an armament stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary launched in 1966, renamed Resourceful for the delivery voyage to the Indian breakers and scrapped in 1997.

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.

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