French frigate Résolue (1778)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Résolue.
Résolue at the action of 23 April 1794
History
France
NameRésolue
NamesakeResolute
BuilderLemarchand, Saint Malo; plans by Léon-Michel Guignace
Laid downApril 1777 as No. 1
Launched16 March 1778
In serviceApril 1778
Captured14 October 1798
Great Britain
NameResolue
Acquired14 October 1798
Fate
General characteristics
Class & typeIphigénie-class frigate
Displacement1,150 tonneaux
Tons burthen
  • 620 port tonneaux
  • 877 27⁄94 (bm)
Length140 ft 2 in (42.7 m) (overall); 116 ft 3 in (35.4 m) (keel)
Beam37 ft 8 in (11.5 m)
Draught4.9 m (16 ft) (unladen)
Depth of hold11 ft 9+1⁄2 in (3.6 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement
  • French service:270-290
  • British service:54 (as receiving ship)
Armament
  • French service: 26 × 12-pounder guns + 6 × 6-pounder guns; between 1793 and 1795 she also had 2 × 36-pounder obusiers, and between 1796 and 1798 she also had 4 × 36-pounder obusiers
  • British service:28 × 18-pounder guns + 4 × 6-pounder guns

Résolue was an 32-gun Iphigénie-class frigate of the French Navy. The British captured her twice, once in November 1791 during peacetime, and again in 1798. The Royal Navy hulked her in 1799 and she was broken up in 1811.

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