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HMS Resolution (1770)

History
Royal Navy EnsignUK
Name: HMS Resolution
Ordered: 16 September 1766
Builder: Deptford Dockyard
Laid down: July 1767
Launched: 12 April 1770
Honours and
awards:
Fate: Broken up, 1813
General characteristics
Class and type: Elizabeth-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1612 (bm)
Length: 168 ft 6 in (51.36 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 46 ft (14 m)
Depth of hold: 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns
  • Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Resolution was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 12 April 1770 at Deptford Dockyard.

She participated in the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1780, the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781, and the Battle of the Saintes in 1782.

Resolution was broken up in 1813.



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