HMS Resolution (1771)

• Marquis of Granby
• Drake

The resolution was the ship that James Cook used on his second and third research trip.

The ship was the 14 -month-old barque Marquis of Granby, 462 tons capacity, 34 meters long, almost 11 meters wide and 4 m depth, coal ship from Whitby, as was Cook's first ever ships and later the Endeavour, with whom he 's first Pacific voyage had completed. It cost 4,151 pounds, the expansion further 6,565. Cook had during both trips 112 men on board.

Joseph Banks, naturalist on Cook's first expedition wanted to sail again and had to make extensions that had to be removed after a test drive due to impairment of seaworthiness. Angry Banks moved up two months before the departure date of the project back.

The Marquis of Granby was renamed twice: first on the name Drake, and only after a month was remembered that in Spanish waters, the name could be interpreted to the detriment of the expedition as a provocation, and christened the ship Resolution ( determination ).

Cook stood on 13 July 1772 by Plymouth from along with the escort ship Adventure in Lake and returned after 3 years, 18 days and approximately 300,000 kilometers on 30 July 1775 back to England.

A year later, Cook embarked on his last voyage, which ended fatally for him in 1779 in Hawaii. Lieutenant Charles Clerke, previously commander of the HMS Discovery, the escort ship of Cook's third expedition, then took over the leadership of the expedition and the command of the Resolution. However, he died on the way. He was succeeded by Lt. John Gore as commander. Practical but skipper was navigator William Bligh, who would later become known as the commander of the Bounty during the trip to Cook's death.

In subsequent years, the resolution was as a transport ship on the East- India route on the road, where it was captured on 9 June 1782 by the French Admiral de Suffren. After that, the whereabouts of the ship is heavier understandable. However, it is reported that the British consul showed the Hawaiian King David Kalākaua during his world tour in 1881 at the port of Alexandria a ship as Cook's Resolution.