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[[File:Van de Velde, Resolution in a Gale.jpg|thumb|200px|''Resolution in a gale'' by [[Willem van de Velde, the younger]] depicts the second ''Resolution'' c. 1678]]
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]] [[English ship Prince Royal (1610)|''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. The name ''Resolution'' was bestowed on the first of the vessels listed below:

* {{ship|English ship|Resolution|1654}}, a 50-gun [[third-rate]] [[frigate#Origins|frigate]] launched 1654 as ''Tredagh''; renamed ''Resolution'' 1660; destroyed after grounding by a Dutch [[fireship]] in the [[St James's Day Battle]] 4 August 1666.
* {{HMS|Resolution|1667}}, a 70-gun third-rate [[ship of the line]] launched 1667; rebuilt 1698; foundered in 1703.
* {{HMS|Resolution|1705}}, a 70-gun third rate launched 1705; run ashore to avoid capture 1707.
* {{HMS|Resolution|1708}}, a 70-gun third rate launched 1708; wrecked 1711.
* {{HMS|Resolution|1758}}, a 74-gun third rate launched 1758; run aground and lost 1759 at the [[Battle of Quiberon Bay]].
* {{HMS|Resolution|1770}}, a 74-gun third rate launched 1770; broken up 1813.
* {{HMS|Resolution|1771}}, the vessel of Captain [[James Cook]] in his explorations.
* {{HMS|Resolution|1779}}, a [[Cutter (ship)|cutter]] purchased 1779; went missing in the North Sea June 1797, presumed to have foundered.<ref>Hepper (1994), p.84.</ref>
* {{HMS|Resolution|1892}}, a {{sclass|Royal Sovereign|battleship}} in service from 1893 to 1914.
* {{HMS|Resolution|09}}, a {{sclass|Revenge|battleship|2}} in service from 1915 to 1944.
* {{HMS|Resolution|S22}}, [[lead ship]] of the {{sclass|Resolution|submarine|0}} [[ballistic missile]] [[submarine]]s in service from 1966 to 1994.

==Battle honours==
Ships named ''Resolution'' of the Royal Navy have earned the following [[Battle honour#Naval battle honours|battle honours]]:
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*[[Battle of the Kentish Knock|Kentish Knock]], 1652
*[[Battle of the Gabbard|Gabbard]], 1653
*[[Battle of Scheveningen|Scheveningen]], 1653
*[[Battle of Lowestoft|Lowestoft]], 1665
*[[Four Days' Battle]], 1666
*[[St. James's Day Battle|Orfordness]], 1666
*[[Battle of Solebay|Sole Bay]], 1672
*[[Battle of Schooneveld|Schooneveld]], 1673
*[[Battle of Texel|Texel]], 1673
*[[Action at Barfleur|Barfleur]], 1692
*[[Battle of Quiberon Bay|Quiberon Bay]], 1759
*[[Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780)|St Vincent]], 1780
*[[Battle of Saint Kitts|St Kitts]], 1782
*[[Battle of the Saintes|The Saints]], 1782
*[[Battle of the Basque Roads|Basque Roads]], 1809
*[[Battle of the Atlantic|Atlantic]], 1939−40
*[[Norwegian campaign|Norway]], 1940
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==Other British warships named ''Resolution''==
*''Resolution'' was a gunboat that the garrison at Gibraltar launched in June 1782 during the [[Great Siege of Gibraltar]]. She was one of 12. Each was armed with an 18-pounder gun, and received a crew of 21 men drawn from Royal Navy vessels stationed at Gibraltar. {{HMS|Brilliant|1779|2}} provided ''Resolution''{{'}}s crew.<ref>Drinkwater (1905), p.246.</ref>
* HMS ''Resolution'', a cutter in the West Indies, date of acquisition unknown and date of loss unknown. On 10 November 1800 Captain [[Sir Peter Halkett, 6th Baronet|Peter Halkett]] of {{HMS|Apollo|1799|6}} captured the Spanish sloop of war ''Resolution'' in the West Indies. She was armed with 18 guns and had a crew of 149 men, under the command of Don Francisco Darrichena. Halkett reported that she was the former British navy cutter ''Resolution''. ''Resolution'' was in such an irreparable state that after a few days Halkett destroyed her.<ref>{{London Gazette|pages=149–150|issue=15334|date=3 February 1801}}</ref>
*''Resolution'', a victualing [[Hoy (ship)|hoy]], of 75 tons, offered for sale on 22 September 1828, lying at Deptford.<ref>{{London Gazette|date=9 September 1828|issue=18503|page=1689}}</ref>

==See also==
* {{HMNZS|Resolution}}, a survey ship of the [[Royal New Zealand Navy]] in service between 1997 and 2012. Named after the 1771-launched ''Resolution'' commanded by James Cook.

==Citations==
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==References==
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* {{Cite Colledge2006}}
*Drinkwater, John (1905) ''A History of the Siege of Gibraltar, 1779–1783: With a Description and Account of that Garrison from the Earliest Times''. (J. Murray).
* {{cite book |last=Hepper |first=David J. |year=1994 |title=British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859 |publisher=Jean Boudriot |location=Rotherfield |isbn=0-948864-30-3}}
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