French frigate Résolue (1778)
Engageante (first from right) at the action of 23 April 1794 | |
| History | |
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| France | |
| Name | Résolue |
| Namesake | Resolute |
| Builder | Lemarchand, Saint Malo; plans by Léon-Michel Guignace |
| Laid down | April 1777 as No. 1 |
| Launched | 16 March 1778 |
| In service | April 1778 |
| Captured | 14 October 1798 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Resolue |
| Acquired | 14 October 1798 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Iphigénie-class frigate |
| Displacement | 1,150 tons (French) |
| Tons burthen | 877 27⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 140 ft 2 in (42.7 m) (overall); 116 ft 3 in (35.4 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 37 ft 8 in (11.5 m) |
| Draught | 4.9 m (16 ft) (unladen) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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Résolue was an Iphigénie-class 32-gun frigate of the French Navy. The British captured her twice, once in November 1791 during peacetime, and again in 1798. The Royal Navy hulked her in 1799 and she was broken up in 1811.