HMS Resolute

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HMS Resolute was a 19th-century British Royal Navy Arctic exploration ship whose salvaged timbers were later used to craft the famous Resolute desk in the White House.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic exploration ship
Royal Navy ship
abandonedDate 1854
abandonedLocation Canadian Arctic Archipelago NERFINISHED
associatedWith Resolute desk NERFINISHED
brokenUp 1879
builtFor Arctic exploration
commissionedBy Royal Navy NERFINISHED
country United Kingdom
decommissioned mid-19th century
designedFor navigation in ice-filled waters
displacement approximately 424 tons burthen
equippedWith reinforced hull for ice
era 19th century
fate abandoned in Arctic ice
foundBy American whaler George Henry NERFINISHED
Captain James Buddington NERFINISHED
foundDate 1855
foundLocation Davis Strait region NERFINISHED
hasLegacy furniture in the White House
symbolic link between UK and US
historicalPeriod Victorian era
launched 1850
material wooden hull
namedAfter resolution or steadfastness
notableFor being abandoned and later returned as a diplomatic gift
providing timbers for the Resolute desk in the White House
operator Royal Navy
participatedIn search for the Northwest Passage
partOf British search for Franklin
presentedTo Queen Victoria NERFINISHED
primaryMission search for Sir John Franklin's lost expedition
propulsion sail-powered
refittedIn New York NERFINISHED
returnedAs gesture of goodwill
returnedBy United States government NERFINISHED
returnedDate 1856
returnedTo United Kingdom NERFINISHED
salvagedBy United States crew
serviceBranch Royal Navy
shipType barque-rigged ship
symbolizes Anglo-American friendship
timbersUsedFor Resolute desk NERFINISHED
other commemorative furniture
towedTo New London, Connecticut NERFINISHED
usedIn British Arctic expeditions

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Resolute desk materialOrigin HMS Resolute
Resolute desk namedAfter HMS Resolute