HMS Resolution (1770)

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Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svgGreat Britain
NameHMS Resolution
Ordered16 September 1766
Builder Deptford Dockyard
Laid downJuly 1767
Launched12 April 1770
Honours and
awards
FateBroken up, 1813
General characteristics [1] [2]
Class and type Elizabeth-class ship of the line
Tons burthen16121194 (bm)
Length
  • Overall:168 ft 6 in (51.4 m)
  • Keel:137 ft 7+34 in (42.0 m)
Beam46 ft 11 in (14.3 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 9 in (6.0 m)
PropulsionSails
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
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The Death of Lord Robert Manners (1786) on HMS Resolution

HMS Resolution was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, designed by Sir Thomas Slade and built by Adam Hayes at Deptford Dockyard and launched on 12 April 1770. [1] The ship had a huge crew of 600 men. As one of the Royal Navy's largest ships she took part in seven major naval battles.

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Service history

She took part in the Spithead review of 1773.

She participated in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780), Battle off Halifax (1780), the Battle of the Chesapeake (1781), Battle of Fort Royal (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]

In later life she was part of the Battle of Copenhagen (1807) and Battle of the Basque Roads (1809).

In 1809 she was part of the Expedition to the Scheldt.

Resolution was broken up in 1813. [1]

Notable commanders

Citations and notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p179.
  2. Winfield (2008), p. 48.
  3. "HMS Resolution (1770) at Halifax, Nova Scotia". The Observer. 12 June 1796. p. 2.

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