HMS Resolution (1758)
Battle of Quiberon Bay: the Day After (Richard Wright, 1760) Resolution is on her starboard side in the foreground
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| Name: | HMS Resolution |
| Ordered: | 24 November 1755 |
| Builder: | Bird, Northam |
| Launched: | 14 December 1758 |
| Fate: | Wrecked, night of 20 November 1759 |
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| Class and type: | Dublin-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1569 5⁄94 (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 |
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HMS Resolution was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 14 December 1758 at Northam.
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. However after a stormy night she was found the following morning to have run aground on the Four Shoal and dismasted.
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