HMS Resolution (09)

HMS "Resolution" (pennant number 09) was a "Revenge"-class battleship of the Royal Navy. She was laid down at Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow on 29 November 1913, launched on 14 January 1915, and commissioned on 30 December 1916.

From 1916 to 1919, "Resolution" served in the 1st Battle Squadron (United Kingdom) of the Grand Fleet. Between the Wars, she served in the Atlantic Fleet, with the exception of a short refit in 1930-1931.

On the outbreak of World War 2, "Resolution" was part of the Home Fleet, and carried out convoy escort duties in the Atlantic. Whilst supporting the Narvik campaign in May 1940, "Resolution" was struck by a bomb at Tjeldsundet. In June, 1940 she joined Force H at Gibraltar, and took part in the destruction of the French Fleet at Mers-el-Kebir on 3 July 1940.

In September 1940, "Resolution" joined Force M at Freetown, shelling French warships at the Battle of Dakar on 24 September 1940. The next day, "Resolution" was torpedoed by the French submarine Bévéziers and badly damaged.

Following repairs in the United States, "Resolution" departed in February 1942 for Colombo, and served in the Indian Ocean during 1942 and 1943. She returned to England in September 1943 and became a stokers' training ship in 1944 as part of the establishment HMS "Imperieuse". HMS "Resolution" was sold for scrap on 5 May 1948 and broken up at Faslane.

The future First Sea Lord John H. D. Cunningham served aboard her as Flag Captain to Admiral Sir William Fisher, the commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Fleet.

References

* McMahon, William E. "Dreadnought Battleships and Battlecruisers", University Press of America, Washington DC, 1978. ISBN 0-8191-0465-5
* Lenton, H.T. & Colledge, J. J. "Warships of World War II", Ian Allen, London, 1973. ISBN 0-7110-0403-X
* Dittmar, F. J. & Colledge, J. J., "British Warships 1914-1919", (Ian Allen, London, 1972), ISBN 0-7110-0380-7
* Young, John. "A Dictionary of Ships of the Royal Navy of the Second World War". Patrick Stephens Ltd, Cambridge, 1975. ISBN 0-85059-332-8

External links

* [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/battleships/resolution_1915/hms_resolution_1915.htm Maritimequest HMS Resolution Photo Gallery]
* [http://www.royal-navy.org/rn/index.php5?title=HMS_Resolution_(1915) Royal Navy History HMS "Resolution"]