HMS Resolution (1758)

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

HMS Resolution was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 14 December 1758 at Northam.^[1]

Battle of Quiberon Bay: the Day After (Richard Wright, 1760) Resolution is on her starboard side in the foreground
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Resolution
Ordered	24 November 1755
Builder	Bird, Northam
Laid down	December 1755
Launched	14 December 1758
Commissioned	23 March 1759
Fate	Wrecked, 20 November 1759 during Battle of Quiberon
Notes	Participated in: Battle of Quiberon Bay
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Dublin-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	15695⁄94 (bm)
Length	165 ft 6 in (50.44 m) (gundeck)
Beam	46 ft 6 in (14.17 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

On 20 November the following year, Resolution took part in the decisive Battle of Quiberon Bay captained by Henry Speke. Just before 4pm she took the surrender of the French ship Formidable.^[2] However, after a stormy night she was found the following morning to have run aground on the Four Shoal and dismasted.^[3]

Satellite image of the shoals of Quiberon Bay