British battleships HMS Rammillies and Royal Sovereign stationed at Port Said, Egypt between November-December 1929

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The American Consulate at Valetta, Malta wrote the US State of Secretary on 28 October 1929 No. 373 that according a unformed source the British battleships HMS Ramillies (1) and Royal Sovereign (2) were to be stationed at Port Said, Egypt between 1 November-31 December 1929.

Notes

1. Part of the Revenge-class although often referred to as the Royal Sovereign-class or even ‘R‘-class. There were totally 8 ships planned of which two the Renown and Repulse were built using another design as battle cruisers and the third one the Resistance was cancelled. The 5 sister ships were the Royal Oak, Royal Sovereign, Revenge, Ramillies and Resolution. Preceded by the Queen Elisabeth-class and to be succeeded by the planned but never realized N3 class and the realized Nelson-class. Laid down at William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir, Scotland on 12 November 1913, launched on 12 June 1916, commissioned on 1 September 1917 and broken up at Troon, England in 1949

2. Part of the Revenge-class although often referred to as the Royal Sovereign-class or even ‘R‘-class. There were totally 8 ships planned of which two the Renown and Repulse were built using another design as battle cruisers and the third one the Resistance was cancelled. The 5 sister ships were the Royal Oak, Royal Sovereign, Revenge, Ramillies and Resolution. Preceded by the Queen Elisabeth-class and to be succeeded by the planned but never realized N3 class and the realized Nelson-class. Laid down by H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth, England on 15 January 1914, launched on 29 April 1915, completed in May 1916, transferred to the Soviet Union on 30 May 1944, renamed Arkhangelsk, returned to England in January 1949 and arrived at scrapyardp on 18 May 1949.