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HMS Resolution art prints
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Built by Palmers, and launched on the 14th January 1915. During World War, HMS Resolution took part in the bombardment of the French Fleet at Mers-el-Kebir in July 1940, In September she was torpedoed and badly damaged by the French submarine Beveziers. her repairs were carried out in the United States and finished in September 1941. She served in the Indian Ocean but returned home in poor condition and consigned to reserve fleet. She was scrapped at Faslane on the 13th May 1948. HMS RESOLUTION, By Ivan Berryman. Completed in 1916, the Resolution was one of the finest capital ships in the Royal Navy, serving in many theatres with her sister ships, Royal Sovereign, Royal Oak, Ramillies and Revenge, she is shown here in 1936. HMS Resolution at Gibraltar by Ivan Berryman Launched in January 1915, the Revenge-class battleship HMS Resolution was to enjoy a 33 year career during which she served in the Atlantic, home and Eastern Fleets as well as serving repeated spells in the Mediterranean, being both bombed and torpedoed along the way. She is depicted off Gibraltar with HMS Wolverine, the destroyer perhaps best remembered for destroying the U-47 which sunk Resolution's sister ship Royal Oak in Scapa Flow. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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