Four ships of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

 have borne the name HMS Resistance. A fifth was planned but never built:
was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1782 and blown up in 1798. was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1801 and wrecked in 1803. was a 38-gun fifth rate launched in 1805. She was converted into a troopship

Troopship

A troopship is a ship used to carry soldiers, either in peacetime or wartime...

 in 1842 and was broken up in 1858. was a Defence-class

Defence class battleship

The Defence class of ironclad battleships were the class which historically immediately followed the first two British ironclads, and HMS Black Prince. The class consisted of two ships, and .-Background:...

 ironclad launched in 1861. She was used as a target ship

Target ship

A target ship is a vessel — typically an obsolete or captured warship — used for naval gunnery practice or for weapons testing.-Rationale:Sinking redundant warships is an effective way of testing new weapons and warships in as realistic a manner as possible. Whilst practice torpedoes are fired...

 from 1885, and was sold in 1898 but foundered in 1899. She was raised and scrapped in 1900.

• HMS Resistance was to have been a Revenge-class
  Revenge class battleship
  The Revenge class battleships were five battleships of the Royal Navy, ordered as World War I loomed on the horizon, and launched in 1914–1916...
  
   battleship
  Battleship
  A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns. Battleships were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers and destroyers. As the largest armed ships in a fleet, battleships were used to attain command of the sea and represented the apex of a...
  
  . She was ordered in 1914, but was cancelled later that year.