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registered as hms drake, but fearing this would upset the spanish, she was soon renamed resolution, on december . she was fitted out at deptford with the most advanced navigational aids of the day, including an azimuth compass made by henry gregory , ice anchors, and the latest apparatus for distilling fresh
islands , which she reached on august. cook gave high praise to her sailing qualities in a report to the admiralty from funchal roads, writing that she "steers, works, sails well and is remarkably stiff and seems to promise to be a dry and very easy ship in the sea". [ ] the ship was reprovisioned with fresh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Resolution_(1771)