HMS Resolution was one of five Revenge class battleships. Built on Tyneside and completed after the Battle of Jutland in 1916, she commissioned on 30th December of that year.  The future First Sea Lord, John Cunningham served aboard her as Flag Captain to Admiral Sir William Fisher, the commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Fleet.  From 1916 to 1919, she served in the 1st Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet. Between the wars, she served in the Atlantic Fleet and Mediterranean Fleet.

On the outbreak of WWII, Resolution was part of the Home Fleet, and carried out convoy escort duties in the Atlantic. Whilst took part in  the Narvik campaign in May 1940. In June, 1940 she joined Force H at Gibraltar, and took part in the destruction of the French Fleet at Mers-el-Kebir on 3 July 1940.

In September 1940, Resolution joined 'Force M' at Freetown, shelling French warships at the Battle of Dakar on 24 September 1940. The next day, she was torpedoed by a French submarine and badly damaged.

Following repairs in the United States, Resolution departed in February 1942 for Colombo, and served in the Indian Ocean during 1942 and 1943.

She returned to Great Britain in September 1943 and became a stokers' training ship in 1944 as part of the establishment HMS Imperieuse.

HMS Resolution was sold for scrap on 5 May 1948 and broken up at Faslane.