English ship Tredagh


The Tredagh was a 52-gun third-rate frigate built under the Late 1652 Programme for the navy of the Commonwealth of England by Sir Phineas Pett at Ratcliffe, and launched on 22 May 1654 under the name Tredagh.
After the Restoration in 1660, the Tredagh was taken into the new Royal Navy, and was renamed HMS Resolution. By 1665 her ordnance had been increased to 58 guns, comprising 20 demi-cannon and 4 culverins on the lower deck, 26 12-pounders on the upper deck, and 8 demi-culverins on the quarterdeck.
On 25 February 1665 Resolution fought in the Battle of Lowestoft as the flagship of Rear Admiral Robert Sansum. On 25 July 1666 Julian she fought in the St. James's Day Battle under the command of Captain Willoughby Hannam as the flagship of Rear Admiral Sir John Harman. In the battle she was set on fire by a Dutch fireship and later exploded, with some 200 men drowned.