HMS Resolution

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Resolution:

• The first Resolution was a 70-gun 3rd rate launched in 1667, rebuilt 1698, and foundered in 1703.

• The second Resolution was a 70-gun 3rd rate launched in 1705 but run ashore to avoid capture in 1707.

• The third Resolution was a 70-gun 3rd rate launched in 1708 and wrecked 1711.

• The fourth Resolution was a 74-gun 3rd rate launched in 1758 but run aground and lost a year later at the battle of Quiberon Bay.

• The fifth Resolution was a 74-gun 3rd rate launched in 1770 and broken up in 1813.

• The sixth Resolution was the vessel of Captain James Cook in his explorations.

• The seventh Resolution was a cutter purchased in 1779 and foundered 1797.

• The eighth Resolution was a battleship in service from 1892 to 1914.

• The ninth Resolution (09) was a World War II battleship.

• The tenth Resolution (S22) was the lead ship of the Resolution-class ballistic missile submarines.

• The eleventh Resolution is a survey ship transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy in 1996.

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