HMS Resolution (1779)
| History | |
|---|---|
 UK | |
| Name: | HMS Resolution |
| Acquired: | 1779 |
| In service: | 1779 |
| Out of service: | 1797 |
| Captured: |
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| General characteristics | |
| Sail plan: | Cutter |
| Complement: | 149 |
| Armament: | 18 guns |
HMS Resolution was a cutter purchased by the Royal Navy in 1779.[1] She went missing in the North Sea in June 1797, presumed to have foundered.[1]
She was recommissioned in October 1792 and placed under the command Edward H. Columbine. She participated in Hotham's action , 3 July 1795.[2]
On 10 November 1800 Captain Peter Halkett of HMS Apollo captured the Spanish sloop of war Resolution in the West Indies. She was armed with 18 guns and had a crew of 149 men, under the command of Don Francisco Darrichena.[3] Halkett reported that she was the former Royal Navy cutter Resolution and that she was in such an irreparable state that after a few days he had her destroyed.[3]
In 1802 a ship of this name was purchased for service as a Moravian Church mission ship.[4] The only information on her held in the church archives states that she was "...a Spanish vessel ... captured and sold as a prize. She was bought by the Society either from the Navy, or from the captain who had been awarded the prize."[4] She was sold by the missionary society in autumn 1808.[4] Her ultimate fate is unknown.
References
- 1 2 Hepper (1994), p.84.
- ↑ Winfield, Rif (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793 - 1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing.
- 1 2 The London Gazette: no. 15334. pp. 149–150. 3 February 1801. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
- 1 2 3 E Wilson, ed. (1975). with the Harmony to Labrador.