HMS Resource (F79)

HMS Resource was a fleet repair ship of the Royal Navy. She was built by Vickers-Armstrongs and launched in 1928. The ship served in two theatres during the Second World War.

Resource in 1932
History
United Kingdom
Class and type:	Repair ship
Name:	HMS Resource
Ordered:	16 February 1927
Builder:	Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down:	August 1927
Launched:	27 November 1928
Motto:	Passim Ut Orim: 'Everywhere as of yore'
Fate:	Scrapped from February 1954
Badge:	On a Field Blue, a Sea-Unicorn Silver horned Gold.
General characteristics
Displacement:	12,300 tons
Length:	530 ft (160 m)
Beam:	83 ft (25 m)
Draught:	22 ft 4 in (6.81 m)
Propulsion:	4 × three-drum Admiralty boilers Two shafts with shaft horsepower of 7,500
Speed:	15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement:	581 (peacetime)
Armament:	4 × 4 in AA guns
Notes:	Pennant number F79

Resource was fitted with four three-drum Admiralty boilers, giving her a top speed of 15 knots (28 km/h). She was armed with four 4" guns. Her complement varied throughout her career, from a peacetime complement of 581, rising in wartime. She displaced 12,300 tons.

She served in the Mediterranean from 1939 until 1944, except in early 1940 when she spent a small amount of time at Freetown. She served in the Eastern Fleet from 1944, and was scrapped at Inverkeithing in February 1954.

References

• Helgason, Guðmundur. "HMS Resource (F 79)". Allied Warships. Uboat.net. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
• "HMS Resource - Heavy Repair Ship". Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War 2. naval-history.net. 5 June 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2013.