The ship that became the first HMS ''Resolution'' was a 50-gun
third-rate frigate
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The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...
built under the 1652 Programme for the navy of the
Commonwealth of England by
Sir Phineas Pett at
Ratcliffe, and launched in 1654 under the name ''Tredagh''
[Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p159.] (Tredagh is an alternative name for the Irish town of
Drogheda
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, scene of the
Siege of Drogheda, a
Roundhead victory, during the
English Civil War).
After
the Restoration
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...
in 1660, ''Tredagh'' was renamed HMS ''Resolution''.
On 25 February 1665 (
Julian calendar, then still in use; 7 March 1666 in the
Gregorian calendar) ''Resolution'' fought in the
Battle of Lowestoft as the flagship of Rear Admiral Robert Sansum. On 25 July 1666 Julian (4 August 1666 Gregorian) she fought in the
St. James's Day Battle
St James' Day Battle (also known as St James' Day Fight, the Battle of the North Foreland and the Battle of Orfordness) took place on 25 July 1666 — St James' day in the Julian calendar then in use in England (4 August 1666 in the Gregoria ...
under the command of Captain Willoughby Hannam as the flagship of Rear Admiral Sir
John Harman. In the battle she ran aground and was burnt by a
Dutch fireship.
Notes
References
* Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. .
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