HMS Resource (1778)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Resource.

Plan of the lower deck of Resource
History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Resource
Ordered30 September 1777
BuilderJohn Randall & Co, Rotherhithe
Laid downNovember 1777
Launched10 August 1778
Completed2 October 1778 (at Deptford Dockyard)
CommissionedJuly 1778
RenamedEnterprise 17 April 1806
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"[1]
FateSold to break up 28 August 1816
General characteristics [2]
Class and type28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen60334⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 120 ft 8 in (36.78 m) (overall)
  • 99 ft 7 in (30.35 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 9 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 0+1⁄2 in (3.366 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement200 officers and men
Armament
  • Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Also: 12 × swivel guns

HMS Resource was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1778 and sold for breaking up in 1816.

  1. ^ "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 225.