The first Resolution was the Tredagh, launched in 1653, of 66 cannon, renamed Resolution in 1660 and destroyed after grounding by a Dutch fireship in the St James's Day Battle on 4 August 1666 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Resolution also give the following The seventh Resolution was the vessel of Captain James Cook in his explorations. Re: J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill Books, 1987. also from Wikipedia: The Battle of Gabbard 12/14 Jun 1653 , shows a painting of Tregagh in action with the Dutch Flag ship Brederode along with a snippet on the battle at http://www.answers.com/topic/battle-of-the-gabbard
Pepys' Diary: Tuesday 25 September 1660 The Tredagh. This is another Irish name for Drogheda (the site of Cromwell’s infamous alleged ... per Wheatley “‘The Tredagh’, a third-rate of fifty guns, ... http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1660/09/25/
note: facts slim as Wheatly says 50 cannon another says 66?
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Tredagh built by Phineas Pett II, at Ratcliffe in 1654 Renamed Resolution after the Restoration. Damaged by fire in action in 1666.
http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/sailship.htm
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The first Resolution was the Tredagh, launched in 1653, of 66 cannon, renamed Resolution in 1660 and destroyed after grounding by a Dutch fireship in the St James's Day Battle on 4 August 1666
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Resolution
also give the following
The seventh Resolution was the vessel of Captain James Cook in his explorations.
Re:
J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill Books, 1987.
also from Wikipedia: The Battle of Gabbard 12/14 Jun 1653 , shows a painting of Tregagh in action with the Dutch Flag ship Brederode
along with a snippet on the battle at
http://www.answers.com/topic/battle-of-the-gabbard
Pepys' Diary: Tuesday 25 September 1660
The Tredagh. This is another Irish name for Drogheda (the site of Cromwell’s
infamous alleged ... per Wheatley “‘The Tredagh’, a third-rate of fifty guns, ...
http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1660/09/25/
note: facts slim as Wheatly says 50 cannon another says 66?
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Another Resolution.
There was a Resolution (1650) in the Tagus estuary at Lisbon, that had carried General-at-sea Edward Popham to aid Blake.
Terry Foreman Link to this
HMS Resolution (1654) that in Aqua Scripto identifies as the first of its name
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Resolution_%28...