HMS ''Resource'' was a fleet

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of the

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. She was built by

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and launched in 1928. The ship served in two theatres during the

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. ''Resource'' was fitted with four three-drum Admiralty boilers, giving her a top speed of . She was armed with four 4" guns. Her complement varied throughout her career, from a peacetime complement of 581, rising in wartime. She displaced 12,300 tons. She served in the Mediterranean from 1939 until 1944, except in early 1940 when she spent a small amount of time at

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. She served in the

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from 1944, and was scrapped at

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in February 1954. ''Resource'' was given the nickname "Remorse" by her crew, with Don H. Kennedy commenting that "the repair ship ''Resource'' became the despair ship ''Remorse''".

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