HMNZS Resolution (A14) was a hydrographic ship of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN).

HMNZS Resolution (originally  USNS Tenacious (T-AGOS-17) docked at Wellington, New Zealand.

Tenacious (foreground) and sister ship Contender tied up at Bishop’s Point, Pearl Harbor, in 1991

Originally the United States Naval Ship USNS Tenacious (T-AGOS-17), the Stalwart-class ocean surveillance ship was used by the United States to locate and track Soviet submarines from 1989 to 1997, when she was transferred to the RNZN for use as a hydrographic survey ship. She served until 27 April 2012. She was subsequently sold to EGS Group, a private surveying company, and renamed RV Geo Resolution.

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