HMS Resource explained

Three ships of the Royal Navy and one of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have borne the name Resource:

• was a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate launched in 1778. She was converted to a 22-gun floating battery in 1804 and renamed Enterprize in 1806. She was sold in 1816.
• was a yacht launched in 1865 and hired by the Royal Navy as a depot ship in October 1915. She was lost by fire six weeks later.
• was a repair ship launched in 1928 and broken up in 1954..

See also

• , an armament stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary launched in 1966, renamed Resourceful for the delivery voyage to the Indian breakers and scrapped in 1997.