Battle of Quiberon Bay: the Day After (Richard Wright, 1760) Resolution is on her starboard side in the foreground
History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Resolution
Ordered24 November 1755
BuilderBird, Northam
Laid downDecember 1755
Launched14 December 1758
Commissioned23 March 1759
FateWrecked, 20 November 1759 during Battle of Quiberon
Notes
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeDublin-class ship of the line
Tons burthen15695⁄94 (bm)
Length165 ft 6 in (50.44 m) (gundeck)
Beam46 ft 6 in (14.17 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Resolution was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 14 December 1758 at Northam.[1]

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]

Satellite image of the shoals of Quiberon Bay

Notes

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p176.
  2. ^ Corbett, Julian S. (1907), England In The Seven Years War vol II, Longmans Green, p. 66
  3. ^ Corbett p67

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.

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