HMS Resolute (1850)
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HMS Resolute was a barque-rigged ship of the British Royal Navy, specially outfitted for Arctic exploration. Resolute became trapped in the ice searching for Franklin's lost expedition and was abandon
An etching of HMS Resolute, December 1856
HMS Resolute and HMS Intrepid winter quarters, at Melville Island, 1852–53. Drawn by George Frederick McDougall, sailing master on Resolute.
Queen Victoria visits Resolute, 16 December 1856, after its rediscovery and return to the British by the Americans.
President Barack Obama sitting at the Resolute desk in 2009
Resolute desk
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The Resolute desk, also known as the Hayes desk, is a nineteenth-century partners desk used by several presidents of the United States in the White House as the Oval Office desk, including the five mo
HMS Resolute (1850)
…abandoned in 1854. Recovered by an American whaler, she was returned to Queen Victoria in 1856. Timbers from the ship were later used to construct the Resolute desk which was presented to the President of the United States and is currently located in the White House Oval Office. In the face of rising concerns…
The Resolute desk before any modifications were made in William Howard Taft's Presidential Study
President Ronald Reagan working at the Resolute desk with both the kneehole panel and plinth additions visible
A view of Resolute, Intrepid, Pioneer, and Assistance, before they left Beechey Island