 Resolution was built by Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company , at a cost of £ 875 @,@ 522 , plus £ 78 @,@ 295 for guns . She was laid down on 14 June 1890 , launched on 28 May 1892 and completed the following November . She underwent trials in December 1893 , and was commissioned at Portsmouth on 5 December of that year for service in the Channel Squadron . In early August 1894 , Resolution was a unit of " Fleet Red " in the annual manoeuvres held in the Southwest Approaches . She was recommissioned for further Channel Fleet service on 9 April 1895 . On 18 July 1896 , she collided with her sister ship HMS Repulse , suffering slight plating and keel damage . She nonetheless took part in annual manoeuvres from 24 July 1896 to 30 July 1896 , this time off the south @-@ west coasts of England and Ireland as part of " Fleet A " . 
