Editing HMS Resolution (1771) (section)

==Purchase and refitting==

''Resolution'' began her career as the [[North Sea]] [[Collier (ship type)|collier]] ''Marquis of Granby'', launched at [[Whitby]] in 1770, and purchased by the Royal Navy in 1771 for £4,151 (equivalent to £{{formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|4151|1771|r=0}}}} today). She was originally registered as HMS ''Drake'', but fearing this would upset the Spanish, she was soon renamed ''Resolution'', on 25 December 1771. She was fitted out at [[Deptford]] with the most advanced navigational aids of the day, including an [[azimuth compass]] made by [[Henry Gregory (instrument maker)|Henry Gregory]], ice anchors, and the latest [[evaporator (marine)|apparatus]] for distilling fresh water from sea water.<ref>{{cite web |title=Log book of HMS 'Resolution' |url=http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-RGO-00014-00058/15 |publisher=Cambridge Digital Library |access-date=23 July 2013 |archive-date=14 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014190810/http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-RGO-00014-00058/15 |url-status=live}}</ref> Her armament consisted of twelve 6-pounder guns and 12 [[swivel gun]]s. At his own expense Cook had brass door-hinges installed in the great cabin. It was originally planned that the [[natural history|naturalist]] [[Joseph Banks]] and an appropriate entourage would sail with Cook, so a heightened waist, an additional upper deck and a raised [[poop deck]] were built to suit Banks. This refit cost £10,080.12.9d. However, in sea trials the ship was found to be top-heavy, and under Admiralty instructions the offending structures were removed in a second refit at [[Sheerness]], at a further cost of £882.3.0d. Banks subsequently refused to travel under the resulting "adverse conditions" and [[Johann Reinhold Forster]] and his son, [[Georg Forster|George]], replaced him.