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Thursday 10 October 2024

British battleship HMS Royal Sovereign 1889-1913

Trafalgar-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Royal Sovereign-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Centurion-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Royal Sovereign-class preceded by Trafalgar-class succeeded by Centurion-class. Designed by Director of Naval Construction Sir William Henry White 2 February 1845 Plymouth, England-27 February 1913 London, England). In fact an enlarged and modified Admiral-class design. Ordered under Naval Defence Act 1889. Laid down by Portsmouth Dockyard on 30 September 1889, launched on 26 February 1891, completed in May 1892, commissioned on 31 May 1892, decommissioned on 9 September 1909 and sold to be broken up on 7 October 1913. 

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