originally registered as HMS Drake, but fearing this would upset the Spanish, she was soon renamed Resolution, on 25 December 1771. She was fitted out at...

the Battle of Quiberon Bay. HMS Resolution (1770), a 74-gun third rate launched 1770; broken up 1813. HMS Resolution (1771), the vessel of Captain James...

more than two centuries old. In February 1780, the crews of HMS Resolution (1771) and HMS Discovery (1774), on the way home after Captain James Cook's...

Kamehameha’s first encounter with Captain James Cook, on board the Resolution (See HMS Resolution (1771)) off the coast of Lahaina in 1778. Kamehameha as a warrior...

Museum. January 17 – Second voyage of James Cook: Captain Cook in HMS Resolution (1771) becomes the first European explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle...

1654. HMS Renown (1747) was a 30-gun fifth rate, previously the French ship Renommée. She was captured in 1747 by HMS Dover and broken up in 1771. HMS Renown (1774)...

The JOIDES Resolution ended operations in August 2024 following the non-renewal of NSF support. JOIDES Resolution is named after HMS Resolution, in which...

HMS Adventure was a barque that the Royal Navy purchased in 1771. She had been the merchant vessel Marquis of Rockingham, launched in 1770 at Whitby. In...

Joseph Gilbert Seamount is named after Joseph Gilbert, captain of HMS Resolution (1771) on the second voyage of James Cook, and has been known under a variety...

hoping for a reconciliation. 30 July – second voyage of James Cook: HMS Resolution (1771) anchors at Spithead, Captain Cook having completed the first eastabout...

January – the third Pacific expedition of James Cook, with ships HMS Resolution (1771) and HMS Discovery (1774), first views Oahu then Kauai in the Hawaiian...

three-year expedition to the south Pacific Ocean aboard HMS Endeavour, conducted from 1768 to 1771. The voyage was jointly sponsored by the Royal Navy and...

Buckinghamshire. 17 January – second voyage of James Cook: Captain Cook in HMS Resolution (1771) becomes the first European explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle...

States Post Office Department. July 30 – Second voyage of James Cook: HMS Resolution (1771) anchors off the south coast of England, Captain Cook having completed...

Museum. January 17 – Second voyage of James Cook: Captain Cook in HMS Resolution (1771) becomes the first European explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle...

Granby. She was purchased in 1770 and briefly named HMS Drake. She was renamed HMS Resolution in 1771 and served James Cook on his second and third voyages...

would later command HMS Bounty, James King (1750–1784) was second lieutenant and shared astronomical duties with Cook on Resolution. French King Louis...

Rockingham. She was purchased in 1771 and renamed Rayleigh, then renamed Adventure later that year. She accompanied HMS Resolution on James Cook's second voyage...

cartographer James Cook in 1771, 1772 and 1775. Cook's ship in 1771 was HMS Endeavour, and in 1772 and 1775 was HMS Resolution (1771). He befriended the British...

remained in the Resolution but on the death of Charles Clerke, Cook's successor, King was appointed to command HMS Discovery, the Resolution's consort, remaining...

(1768–1771) as a master's mate. Cook promoted him to acting lieutenant in 1771, and he was officially confirmed in that rank on 31 July 1771. He was HMS Resolution's...

November 1771 was in receipt of Admiralty Orders for a second expedition, this time aboard HMS Resolution. During his third voyage (second on Resolution), Cook...

originally registered as HMS Drake, but fearing this would upset the Spanish, she was renamed Resolution, on 25 December 1771. She was fitted out at Deptford...

William Wales tested the clock on Cook's second South Seas journey aboard HMS Resolution, 1772–75 and, after initial scepticism, returned full of praise. "Kendall's...

(25 June 1767). In November 1771, Furneaux was given command of HMS Adventure, which accompanied James Cook (in Resolution) on his second voyage. On this...

Pacific voyage. In 1776, Gore joined HMS Resolution as first lieutenant for Cook's third voyage. As the Resolution explored the Pacific in search of the...

the family Westbrook farm to his brother Ezra and entered Yale College in 1771 at the relatively old age of 31. Bushnell is credited with creating the first...

became a midshipman early in the following year. In September 1771, Bligh was transferred to HMS Crescent and remained on the ship for three years. In 1776...

voyage to find the Northwest Passage, should it exist. HMS Resolution, to be commanded by Cook, and HMS Discovery, commanded by Charles Clerke, were prepared...

Governor (1769–1770) George Farmer, Governor (1770) John Burr, HMS Hound, Governor (1771–1772) Samuel Wittewrong Clayton, Governor (1773–1776) Ceylon –...