HMS Resolution (1770)

	Resolution at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Resolution
Ordered	16 September 1766
Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Laid down	July 1767
Launched	12 April 1770
Honours and; awards	Participated in:; Battle of Cape St Vincent; Battle off Halifax (1780); Battle of the Chesapeake; Battle of the Saintes;
Fate	Broken up, 1813
General characteristics
Class & type	Elizabeth-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	161211⁄94 (bm)
Length	Overall:168 ft 6 in (51.4 m); Keel:137 ft 7+3⁄4 in (42.0 m);
Beam	46 ft 11 in (14.3 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 9 in (6.0 m)
Propulsion	Sails
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;

HMS Resolution was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Designed by Sir Thomas Slade and built under the direction of Adam Hayes at Deptford Dockyard, she was launched on 12 April 1770.^[1] The ship had a crew of about 600 men, and took part in several major naval engagements.

Service history

Resolution took part in the Spithead review of 1773. She was at Halifax, Nova Scotia on 17 May 1776 under Vice-admiral George Murray.^[3] During the American War of Independence, Resolution, under Captain Lord Robert Manners, participated in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1780, the Battle of the Chesapeake and Battle of Fort Royal in 1781 and the Battle of the Saintes in 1782. Manners was mortally wounded at the Battle of the Saintes and died during the return voyage to England. During the Napoleonic Wars she fought in the Battle of Copenhagen in 1807 and the Battle of the Basque Roads in 1809. In 1809 she was part of the failed Walcheren Campaign. Resolution was broken up in 1813.^[1]

1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 179.
↑ Winfield (2008), p. 48.
↑ "HMS Resolution (1770) at Halifax, Nova Scotia". The Observer. 12 June 1796. p. 2.

Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.