HMS Resolution

Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Resolution". However, the first English warship to bear the name "Resolution" was actually the First rate "Prince Royal" (built in 1610 and rebuilt in 1641), which was renamed "Resolution" in 1650 following the inauguration of the Commonwealth, and continued to bear that name until 1660, when the name "Prince Royal" was restored, and instead the name "Resolution" was bestowed on the first of the vessels listed below:

*, a 50-gun sclass|Speaker|frigate|0 frigate launched in 1654 as the "Tredagh", was renamed "Resolution" in 1660 and destroyed after grounding by a Dutch fireship in the St James's Day Battle on 4 August 1666.
*, a 70-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1667, rebuilt 1698, and foundered in 1703.
*, a 70-gun third rate launched in 1705 but run ashore to avoid capture in 1707.
*, a 70-gun third rate launched in 1708 and wrecked 1711.
*, a 74-gun third rate launched in 1758 but run aground and lost a year later at the Battle of Quiberon Bay.
*, a 74-gun third rate launched in 1770 and broken up in 1813.
*, the vessel of Captain James Cook in his explorations.
*, a cutter purchased in 1779 and foundered 1797.
*, a battleship in service from 1893 to 1914.
*, a battleship in service from 1915 to 1944.
*, the lead ship of the "Resolution"-class ballistic missile submarines.
* HMNZS "Resolution" (A-14), a United States Navy survey ship transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy in 1996.

The very first warship however to bear the name "Resolution" — though not "HMS Resolution" — was "HMS Prince Royal" that was renamed "Resolution" during the Commonwealth period.

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