The Resolute Desk is perhaps the most famous and well-known desk to adorn the Oval Office, built from the remains of the ...

Hayes by Queen Victoria in 1880, the Resolute Desk is a double pedestal partner's desk made from oak timbers of the British Ship HMS Resolute, according to The White House Historical Association.

The wreck of the Southampton dates from a conflict long since forgotten by many, the War of 1812, when America and the British Empire were at war over Atlantic trade routes. In 1812 the HMS ...