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==Service==
'''H.M.S. ''Resolution''''' was one of eight [[Royal Sovereign Class Battleship (1891)|''Royal Sovereign'' class battleships]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1893-94.  She was sold shortly before the [[Great War]].
 
[[H.M.S. Resolution (1915)|A super-dreadnought with the same name]] was launched in 1915.


===Construction===
==Construction==
''Resolution'' was launched in the afternoon of 28 May, 1892.  The christening ceremony was performed by Mrs. [[William Henry White|William H. White]], wife of the [[Director of Naval Construction (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Construction]].  In attendance were Sir C. M. Palmer, Admiral [[Richard Duckworth-King|Richard D. King]], and local dignitaries.<ref>"Launch of H.M.S. Resolution" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 30 May, 1892.  Issue '''33651''', col A, p. 7.</ref>
''Resolution'' was launched in the afternoon of 28 May, 1892.  The christening ceremony was performed by Mrs. [[William Henry White|William H. White]], wife of the [[Director of Naval Construction (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Construction]].  In attendance were Sir C. M. Palmer, Admiral [[Richard Duckworth-King|Richard D. King]], and local dignitaries.<ref>"Launch of H.M.S. Resolution" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 30 May, 1892.  Issue '''33651''', col A, p. 7.</ref>
==Service==
Captain [[Alexander William Chisholm-Batten|Alexander W. Chisholm-Batten]] paid off the ''Resolution'' on 9 October, 1901 and he and his crew turned over to commission the new {{UK-Formidable|f=t}} on the following day.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence."  ''The Times''.  3 October, 1901.  p. 4.</ref>


==Radio==
==Radio==
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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Henry Hall|nick=William H. Hall|appt=5 December, 1893<ref>Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 246/566.</ref>|end=1 February, 1895<ref>Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 246/566.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Henry Hall|nick=William H. Hall|appt=5 December, 1893<ref>Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 246/566.</ref>|end=1 February, 1895<ref>Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 246/566.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Andrew Kennedy Bickford|nick=Andrew K. Bickford|appt=1 February, 1895<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 30 January, 1895.  Issue '''34487''', col B, p. 10.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Andrew Kennedy Bickford|nick=Andrew K. Bickford|appt=1 February, 1895{{NMI|Wednesday, 30 January, 1895.  Issue '''34487''', col B, p. 10}}|end=17 December, 1896<ref>Bickford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/242.|}}  f. 100.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Hugh Bainbridge|nick=John H. Bainbridge|appt=17 December, 1896<ref>''List of Her Majesty's Ships, Vessels, and Torpedo Boats Present at Spithead 26th June 1897 Together with an Index of the Officers Serving in Them, &c.''  p. 50.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Hugh Bainbridge|nick=John H. Bainbridge|appt=17 December, 1896<ref>''List of Her Majesty's Ships, Vessels, and Torpedo Boats Present at Spithead 26th June 1897 Together with an Index of the Officers Serving in Them, &c.''  p. 50.</ref>|note=including the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Ramsay Arbuthnot|nick=Charles R. Arbuthnot|appt=14 April, 1898<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 40.</ref>|ass=2 May, 1898<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7600767}} f. 11.</ref>|end=24 August, 1900<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7600767}} f. 11.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Ramsay Arbuthnot|nick=Charles R. Arbuthnot|appt=14 April, 1898{{NLOct98|p. 289}}<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 40.</ref>|ass=2 May, 1898<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7600767}} f. 11.</ref>|end=24 August, 1900<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7600767}} f. 11.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Wilson|nick=William Wilson|appt=1 June, 1900<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 4 May, 1900.  Issue '''36133''', col G, p. 7.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Wilson|nick=William Wilson|appt=1 June, 1900<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 4 May, 1900.  Issue '''36133''', col G, p. 7.</ref>{{NLJan01|p. 298''a''}}|end=23 June, 1901<ref>Wilson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/17.|D7588976}} f. 205.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alexander William Chisholm-Batten|nick=Alexander W. Chisholm-Batten|appt=24 June, 1901<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 29 May, 1901.  Issue '''36467''', col B, p. 4.</ref>|end=9 October, 1901<ref>Chisholm-Batten Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 254.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alexander William Chisholm-Batten|nick=Alexander W. Chisholm-Batten|appt=24 June, 1901<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 29 May, 1901.  Issue '''36467''', col B, p. 4.</ref>|end=9 October, 1901<ref>Chisholm-Batten Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 254.</ref>|note=including [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]?}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Edward Clifford Goodrich|nick=James E. C. Goodrich|appt=17 November, 1901<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 15 November, 1901.  Issue '''36613''', col D, p. 4.</ref><ref>Goodrich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.|D7589442}} f. 537.</ref>|end=26 May, 1902<ref>Goodrich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.|D7589442}} f. 537.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Edward Clifford Goodrich|nick=James E. C. Goodrich|appt=17 November, 1901<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 15 November, 1901.  Issue '''36613''', col D, p. 4.</ref><ref>Goodrich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.|D7589442}} f. 537.</ref>|end=26 May, 1902<ref>Goodrich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.|D7589442}} f. 537.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Burney, First Baronet|nick=Cecil Burney|appt=27 May, 1902<ref>Burney Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 180.</ref>|end=16 September, 1902<ref>Burney Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 84/180.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Burney, First Baronet|nick=Cecil Burney|appt=27 May, 1902<ref>Burney Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 180.</ref>|end=16 September, 1902<ref>Burney Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 84/180.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Edward Bearcroft|nick=John E. Bearcroft|appt=16 September, 1902<ref>Bearcroft Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 85.</ref>|end= 8 April, 1903<ref>Bearcroft Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 85.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Edward Bearcroft|nick=John E. Bearcroft|appt=16 September, 1902<ref>Bearcroft Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 85.</ref>|end= 8 April, 1903<ref>Bearcroft Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 85.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Edmund Kingsmill|nick=Charles E. Kingsmill|appt=18 July, 1904{{ToL|Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres|Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442}}|end=3 September, 1904|note=temporarily, for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1904]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Hayes-Sadler|nick=Arthur Hayes-Sadler|appt=3 January, 1905<ref>Hayes-Sadler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 190.</ref>|end=3 January, 1907<ref>Hayes-Sadler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 190.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Hayes-Sadler|nick=Arthur Hayes-Sadler|appt=3 January, 1905<ref>Hayes-Sadler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 190.</ref>|end=3 January, 1907<ref>Hayes-Sadler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 190.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bertram Mordaunt Chambers|nick=Bertram M. Chambers|appt=3 January, 1907<ref>Chambers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 407.</ref>|end=3 January, 1908<ref>Chambers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 407.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bertram Mordaunt Chambers|nick=Bertram M. Chambers|appt=3 January, 1907<ref>Chambers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 407.</ref>|end=3 January, 1908<ref>Chambers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 407.</ref>}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Sidney Thompson Stephens|nick=Sidney T. Stephens|appt=25 February, 1909<ref>Stephens Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/137/125.|}} f. 127.</ref>|end=8 August, 1911<ref>Stephens Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/137/125.|}} f. 127.</ref>}}
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[[Henri Louis Fleet is alleged to have been appointed in command in 1903,{{MackieRNW}} but his service record does not bear this out.


==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 13:58, 5 October 2022

H.M.S. Resolution (1892)
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[1]
Ordered: Naval Defence Act of 1889[2]
Laid down: 14 Jun, 1890[3]
Launched: 28 May, 1892[4]
Completed: Nov, 1893[5]
Commissioned: Nov, 1893[6]
Sold: 1914[7]
Fate: Broken up

H.M.S. Resolution was one of eight Royal Sovereign class battleships completed for the Royal Navy in 1893-94. She was sold shortly before the Great War.

A super-dreadnought with the same name was launched in 1915.

Construction

Resolution was launched in the afternoon of 28 May, 1892. The christening ceremony was performed by Mrs. William H. White, wife of the Director of Naval Construction. In attendance were Sir C. M. Palmer, Admiral Richard D. King, and local dignitaries.[8]

Service

Captain Alexander W. Chisholm-Batten paid off the Resolution on 9 October, 1901 and he and his crew turned over to commission the new battleship Formidable on the following day.[9]

Radio

As of 1901, while serving in the Reserve Squadron, she was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  4. ↑ "Launch of H.M.S. Resolution" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 30 May, 1892. Issue 33651, col A, p. 7.
  5. ↑ Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 73.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
  8. ↑ "Launch of H.M.S. Resolution" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 30 May, 1892. Issue 33651, col A, p. 7.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times. 3 October, 1901. p. 4.
  10. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
  11. ↑ Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 246/566.
  12. ↑ Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 246/566.
  13. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 30 January, 1895. Issue 34487, col B, p. 10.
  14. ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/242. f. 100.
  15. ↑ List of Her Majesty's Ships, Vessels, and Torpedo Boats Present at Spithead 26th June 1897 Together with an Index of the Officers Serving in Them, &c. p. 50.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 289.
  17. ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 40.
  18. ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 11.
  19. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 4 May, 1900. Issue 36133, col G, p. 7.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 298a.
  21. ↑ Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 205.
  22. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 29 May, 1901. Issue 36467, col B, p. 4.
  23. ↑ Chisholm-Batten Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 254.
  24. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 15 November, 1901. Issue 36613, col D, p. 4.
  25. ↑ Goodrich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 537.
  26. ↑ Goodrich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 537.
  27. ↑ Burney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 180.
  28. ↑ Burney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 84/180.
  29. ↑ Bearcroft Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 85.
  30. ↑ Bearcroft Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 85.
  31. ↑ "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  32. ↑ Hayes-Sadler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 190.
  33. ↑ Hayes-Sadler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 190.
  34. ↑ Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 407.
  35. ↑ Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 407.
  36. ↑ Stephens Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/137/125. f. 127.
  37. ↑ Stephens Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/137/125. f. 127.

Bibliography


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