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Sunday, 30 December 2018

British battleship HMS Royal Sovereign 1889-1913

Opening Kiel Canal, Kiel, Germany, June 1895

Of the Royal Sovereign-class, preceded by the Trafalgar-class and succeeded by the Centurion-class, consisting of the Royal Sovereign, Empress of India, Repulse, Hood, Ramillies, Resolution, Revenge and Royal Oak. Laid down at the Portsmouth Dockyard, England on 30 September 1889, launched on 26 February 1891, completed in May 1892, decommissioned on 9 September 1909 and sold to be broken up on 7 October 1913.