HMS Resolution (1771)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Drake and HMS Resolution.
HMS Resolution was a sloop of the Royal Navy, a converted merchant collier purchased by the Navy and adapted, in which Captain James Cook made his second and third voyages of exploration in the Pacific. She impressed him enough that he called her "the ship of my choice", and "the fittest for service of any I have seen".
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Resolution and Adventure with fishing craft in Matavai Bay by William Hodges, painted 1776, shows the two ships at anchor in Tahiti in August 1773. | |
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Name | HMS Resolution |
Builder | Thomas Fishburn, Whitby |
Launched | 1770 |
Acquired | November 1771 as Marquis of Granby[1] |
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Fate | Unknown, last sighted 5 June 1783. Fate disputed. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | ex-mercantile collier |
Tons burthen | 462 bm |
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Beam | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
Draught | 13 ft 1 in (3.99 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Complement | 112, including 20 marines[2] |
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