HMS Resolution (1779)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Resolution |
| Acquired | 1779 |
| In service | 1779 |
| Out of service | 1797 |
| Fate | Foundered June 1797 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 198 (bm) |
| Sail plan | Cutter, later brig (1797) |
| Complement | 60 (originally 70) |
| Armament | 14 × 4-pounder guns + 10 × ½-pounder swivel guns |
HMS Resolution was a cutter that the Royal Navy purchased in 1779. She captured two French privateers in 1781 and a Dutch privateer in 1783 after a single ship action. Resolution captured one more small French privateer in June 1797; later that month Resolution went missing in the North Sea, presumed to have foundered.