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'''HMS ''Resource''''' was a 28-gun [[Enterprise class frigate|''Enterprise''-class]] [[sixth-rate]] [[sailing frigate|frigate]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. She was launched in 1778 and sold for breaking up in 1816.
  
'''HMS ''Resource''''' was a 28-gun [[Enterprise class frigate|''Enterprise''-class]] [[sixth-rate]] [[sailing frigate|frigate]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. She was launched in 1778 and sold for breaking up in 1816.
   
 
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''Resource'' was first [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] in July 1778 under the command of Captain Patrick Fotheringham.
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''Resource'' was first commissioned in July 1778 under the command of Captain Patrick Fotheringham.
   
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On 19 April 1781 ''Resource'' recaptured the 20-gun [[post ship]] {{HMS|Unicorn|1776|2}}, 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.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=12212|startpage=5|date=31 July 1781}}</ref>
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On 19 April 1781 ''Resource'' recaptured the 20-gun [[post ship]] {{HMS|Unicorn|1776|2}}, 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.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=12212|startpage=5|date=31 July 1781}}</ref>
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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.{{#tag:ref|A first-class share of the prize money awarded in April 1823 was worth £34 2s 4d; a fifth-class share, that of an able seaman, was worth 3s 11½d. The amount was small as the total had to be shared between 79 vessels and the entire army contingent.<ref>{{London Gazette|startpage=633 |issue=17915|date=3 April 1823}}</ref>|group=Note}}
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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.{{#tag:ref|A first-class share of the prize money awarded in April 1823 was worth [[£sd|£]]34 2[[shilling|s]] 4[[pence|d]]; a fifth-class share, that of an able seaman, was worth 3s 11½d. The amount was small as the total had to be shared between 79 vessels and the entire army contingent.<ref>{{London Gazette|startpage=633 |issue=17915|date=3 April 1823}}</ref>|group=Note}}
  
   
 
==Notes and citations==
  
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Resource.
HMS Resource (1778)
Career (Great Britain) Royal Navy Ensign
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
Fc: 2 x  18-pounder carronades

Also: 12 x  swivel guns

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
  1. ↑ A first-class share of the prize money awarded in April 1823 was worth £34 2s 4d; a fifth-class share, that of an able seaman, was worth 3s 11½d. The amount was small as the total had to be shared between 79 vessels and the entire army contingent.[3]
Citations
  1. ↑ "No. 21077". 15 March 1850. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/21077/page/ 
  2. ↑ "No. 12212". 31 July 1781. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/12212/page/ 
  3. ↑ "No. 17915". 3 April 1823. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/17915/page/ 

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  • Preceded by: Mermaid class
  • Followed by: None


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