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Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Resolution. However, the first English warship to bear the name Resolution was actually the first rate Prince Royal, which was renamed Resolution in 1650 following the inauguration of the Commonwealth, and continued to bear that name until 1660, when the name Prince Royal was restored. The name Resolution was bestowed on the first of the vessels listed below:
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two columns of opposing warships maneuvering to volley fire with the cannons along their broadsides. In conflicts where opposing ships were both able to fire from their broadsides, the opponent with more cannons firing – and therefore more firepower – typically had an advantage. Since these engagements were almost invariably won by the heaviest ships carrying more of the most powerful guns, the natural progression was to build sailing vessels that were the largest and most powerful of their time.
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Enterprise while another was planned:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Prince of Wales, after numerous holders of the title the Prince of Wales.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named Warspite. The origins of the name are unclear, although it is probably from the Elizabethan-era spelling of the word 'spite' – 'spight' – in part embodying contempt for the Navy's enemies, but which was also the common name for the green woodpecker, suggesting the 'Warspight' would poke holes in enemy ships' (wooden) hulls. Until 1919 a woodpecker was used as the ships' crest; the official badge was a cannon, although the woodpecker continued to be used on the ships' tompions or gun muzzle plugs. Warspite carries the most battle honours of any ship in the Royal Navy, with the sixth Warspite being awarded fifteen of them.
Sixteen ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Fox, after the fox.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royal Oak, after the Royal Oak in which Charles II hid himself during his flight from the country in the English Civil War:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royal Sovereign, while another was planned but renamed before being launched:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Albion after Albion, an archaic name for Great Britain:
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named Achilles, after the Greek hero Achilles. Four others, two of them prizes, had the French spelling of the name, Achille.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Duke of York, after numerous holders of the title of Duke of York :
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Rodney, of which at least the last five were named after the Georgian Admiral George, Lord Rodney. A seventh was planned but never completed:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Northumberland after the English county of Northumberland, or the Dukedom of Northumberland. Another was planned but later cancelled:
Five major warships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Thunderer :
Eight ships or submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Anson, after Admiral George Anson:
Four ships of the Royal Navy and a divisions of the Royal Naval Reserve have been named HMS Camperdown after the Battle of Camperdown in 1797:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Active or HMS Actif, with a thirteenth announced:
HMS Prince of Wales was one of six 121-gun screw-propelled first-rate three-decker line-of-battle ships of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 25 January 1860.
Five or six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cornwallis, after Admiral Sir William Cornwallis.
References
- ↑ "Battle Honours of RN ships & Naval Air Squadrons". Royal Navy Research Archive.
- ↑ "The Marine List". New Lloyd's List (1148): 78 v. 24 March 1780.
