HMS Resolution (1667)

HMS Resolution in a gale by Willem van de Velde, the younger depicts HMS Resolution c. 1678.
History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameHMS Resolution
BuilderDeane, Harwich Dockyard
Laid down1665
Launched1667
FateWrecked in the Great Storm of 1703
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type70-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen902 (bm)
Length148 ft 2 in (45.16 m) (gundeck); 120 ft 6 in (36.73 m) (keel)
Beam37 ft 2 in (11.33 m) ; after girdling 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 9 in (4.80 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament70 guns of various weights of shot (68 guns by 1685)
General characteristics after 1698 rebuild[2]
Class and type70-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen8853794 bm
Length148 ft 2 in (45.16 m) (gundeck)
Beam37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 9 in (4.80 m)
PropulsionSail
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament70 guns of various weights of shot
The Resolution, third-rate built in 1667 (Willem van de Velde, 1676)

HMS Resolution was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Harwich Dockyard on 6 December 1667.[1] She was one of only three third-rate vessels designed and built by the noted maritime architect Sir Anthony Deane.

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p161.
  2. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p166.