| HMS Resource (1778) | |
|---|---|
| Career (Great Britain) |  |
| Name: | HMS Resource |
| Ordered: | 30 September 1777 |
| Builder: | John Randall & Co, Rotherhithe |
| Laid down: | November 1777 |
| Launched: | 10 August 1778 |
| Completed: | 2 October 1778 (at Deptford Dockyard) |
| Commissioned: | July 1778 |
| Renamed: | Enterprise 17 April 1806 |
| Honours and awards: | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"[1] |
| Fate: | Sold to break up 28 August 1816 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 603 34⁄94 (bm) |
| Length: |
120 ft 8 in (36.78 m) (overall) 99 ft 7 in (30.35 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 33 ft 9 in (10.3 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 11 ft 0 1⁄2 in (3.366 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement: | 200 officers and men |
| Armament: |
Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns
QD: 4 x 6-pounder guns + 4 x 18-pounder carronades |
HMS Resource was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1778 and sold for breaking up in 1816.
Career[]
Resource was first commissioned in July 1778 under the command of Captain Patrick Fotheringham.
On 19 April 1781 Resource recaptured the 20-gun post ship Unicorn, which the French frigate Andromaque had captured on 4 September 1780. Resource had reached Cape Blaise by noon and at 2pm spotted a strange sail. By 4:30 Resource was close enough that both vessels began to exchange fire. After an hour and a half, the French vessel struck. She turned out to be the Unicorn, and armed with twenty 9-pounder guns and eight 12-pounder carronades. She had a crew of 181 men under the command of Chevalier de St. Ture. In the engagement, Resource lost 15 men killed and 30 wounded; Unicorn lost eight men killed and 30 wounded, four of whom died later.[2] Because Resource served in the navy's Egyptian campaign (8 March to 2 September 1801), her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty authorised in 1850 for all surviving claimants.[Note 1]
Notes and citations[]
- Notes
- Citations
- ↑ "No. 21077". 15 March 1850. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/21077/page/
- ↑ "No. 12212". 31 July 1781. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/12212/page/
- ↑ "No. 17915". 3 April 1823. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/17915/page/
References[]
- Gardiner, Robert (1992) The First Frigates.(London: Conway Maritime Press). ISBN 0-85177-601-9.
- Lyon, David (1993) The Sailing Navy List. (London: Conway Maritime Press).ISBN 0-85177-617-5.
- Winfield, Rif (2007) British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714 to 1792. (London: Seaforth Publishing). ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
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