HMS Resolution (1667)
HMS Resolution was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Harwich Dockyard on 6 December 1667. She was one of only three third-rate vessels designed and built by the noted maritime architect Sir Anthony Deane.
HMS Resolution in a gale by Willem van de Velde, the younger depicts HMS Resolution c. 1678. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| England | |
| Name | HMS Resolution |
| Builder | Deane, Harwich Dockyard |
| Laid down | 1665 |
| Launched | 1667 |
| Fate | Wrecked in the Great Storm of 1703 |
| General characteristics as built | |
| Class and type | 70-gun third-rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 902 (bm) |
| Length | 148 ft 2 in (45.16 m) (gundeck); 120 ft 6 in (36.73 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 37 ft 2 in (11.33 m) ; after girdling 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m) |
| Depth of hold | 15 ft 9 in (4.80 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 70 guns of various weights of shot (68 guns by 1685) |
| General characteristics after 1698 rebuild | |
| Class and type | 70-gun third-rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 88537⁄94 bm |
| Length | 148 ft 2 in (45.16 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m) |
| Depth of hold | 15 ft 9 in (4.80 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 70 guns of various weights of shot |
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