Hayes in 1880 and was built from the english oak timbers of the british arctic.
Hms Resolute Desks. Two other desks were made from the timbers of hms resolute. Hms resolute was returned to the royal navy and served another 23 years before being decommissioned in 1879.
Resolute Desk White House Museum from www.whitehousemuseum.org
It is situated on the northeastern tip of ellesmere island in the canadian arctic approximately 817 km from the geographic north pole at coordinates 82028 n 62030 w. Hayes in 1880 and was built from the english oak timbers of the british arctic. The ship was made of fine, strong oak and queen victoria commissioned william evenden of the royal naval dockyard at chatham.
It was a gift from queen victoria to president rutherford b.
The hms resolute was an english ship of the line. From wikimedia commons, the free media repository. One residing in the oval office the other in the queens study within. The oval office's resolute desk, made famous in the kennedy administration, has a history steeped in naval the resolute desk.
