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Ship of the line of the Royal Navy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Resolution was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 14 December 1758 at Northam.[1]
Battle of Quiberon Bay: the Day After (Richard Wright, 1760) Resolution is on her starboard side in the foreground | |
History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Resolution |
Ordered | 24 November 1755 |
Builder | Bird, Northam |
Laid down | December 1755 |
Launched | 14 December 1758 |
Commissioned | 23 March 1759 |
Fate | Wrecked, 20 November 1759 during Battle of Quiberon |
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General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Dublin-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 15695⁄94 (bm) |
Length | 165 ft 6 in (50.44 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 46 ft 6 in (14.17 m) |
Depth of hold | 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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On 20 November the following year, Resolution took part in the decisive Battle of Quiberon Bay captained by Henry Speke. Just before 4pm she took the surrender of the French ship Formidable.[2] However, after a stormy night she was found the following morning to have run aground on the Four Shoal and dismasted.[3]
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