April 5, 2024
HMS RESOLUTION. (DOT) 1915-1945 ROYAL NAVY CAP TALLY
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FULL LENGTH 48 INCHES/122 CMS IN LENGHT ROYAL NAVY CAP TALLY HMS RESOLUTION. (DOT) 1915-1945 WITH FULL STOP AFTER THE NAME 100% GENUINE WIRE LETTERING IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, A RARE PEICE OF NAVAL HISTORY uilder: Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company , Jarrow Laid down:29 November 1913 Launched: 14 January 1915 Commissioned: 30 December 1916 Fate: Sold for scrap on 5 May 1948 HMS Resolution ( pennant number 09) was a Revenge -class battleship of the Royal Navy . She was laid down at Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company , Jarrow on 29 November 1913, launched on 14 January 1915, and commissioned on 30 December 1916.From 1916 to 1919, Resolution served in the 1st Battle Squadron (United Kingdom) of the Grand Fleet . Between the Wars, she served in the Atlantic Fleet , with the exception of a short refit in 1930-1931.On the outbreak of World War II , Resolution was part of the Home Fleet , and carried out convoy escort duties in the Atlantic. Whilst supporting the Narvik campaign in May 1940, Resolution was struck by a bomb at Tjeldsundet . In June, 1940 she joined Force H at Gibraltar, and took part in the destruction of the French Fleet at Mers-el-Kebir on 3 July 1940.In September 1940, Resolution joined Force M at Freetown , shelling French warships at the Battle of Dakar on 24 September 1940. The next day, Resolution was torpedoed
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