HMS resolution
To date, a total of twelve ships of the British Royal Navy have carried the name Resolution or HMS Resolution :
- The first resolution , previously Tredagh called, was armed with 58 guns and sank on August 4, 1666 at the St. James's Day Battle .
- The second resolution was a third class ship of the line armed with 70 cannons , demolished in 1703.
- The third resolution was launched in 1705. The 70-gun ship was abandoned in 1707.
- The fourth Resolution , a third-rate 70-gun ship, was launched in 1708 and sank in 1711.
- The fifth resolution was launched in 1758. The 74-gun ship was sunk off St. Nazaire in 1759 .
- The sixth HMS resolution was launched in 1770 and took a. participated in the sea battle at Cape St. Vincent . The ship was scrapped in 1813.
- The seventh resolution was an expedition ship used by James Cook on his second and third South Seas voyages .
- The eighth HMS Resolution was a cutter bought in 1779 . It was sunk in 1797.
- The ninth HMS Resolution was a 1892 spilled from the deck battleship of the Royal Sovereign class that stood until 1914 in service.
- The tenth HMS Resolution was a battleship of the Revenge class , which in 1915 was launched and from 1916 to 1944 was in the service.
- The eleventh HMS Resolution was a nuclear ballistic missile submarine and type ship of its class , in service from 1968 to 1996.
- The twelfth HMS Resolution is a research vessel that was transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy in 1996 .
Note :
HMS - sometimes with punctuation marks as HMS - is an acronym or abbreviation for His Majesty's Ship or Her Majesty's Ship and is the official name prefix of all warships in the British Navy ( Royal Navy ) since 1789.