History | |
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United States | |
Name | Resolution |
Owner | Josiah Roberts |
Laid down | 1792 |
Launched | February 8, 1793 |
Out of service | 1794 |
Captured | 1794, Haida Gwaii |
Fate | Destroyed, 1794, Haida Gwaii |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 90 (bm) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Complement | 12 |
Resolution was a small American schooner built in the Marquesas Islands in 1793 as a tender for the maritime fur trade ship Jefferson. Later in 1793 she became the fourth European vessel to enter the Columbia River, cruising between the river and Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island.
In March 1794, Resolution separated from Jefferson. After several brief voyages she was captured and destroyed by the Haida chief Cumshewa and his followers in 1794. All but one of the crew were killed. The lone survivor was later rescued by the Boston ship Despatch.