Name HMS Royal Sovereign Tons burthen 1882 ⁄94 bm Launched July 1701 | Fate Broken up, 1768 Beam 50 ft 3.5 in (15.3 m) Builder Woolwich Dockyard | |
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Class and type 100-gun first rate ship of the line Length 174 ft 6 in (53.2 m) (gundeck)
141 ft 7 in (43.2 m) (keel) | ||
HMS Royal Sovereign was a 100-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Woolwich Dockyard and launched in July 1701. She had been built using some of the salvageable timbers from the previous Royal Sovereign, which had been destroyed by fire in 1697.
She was Admiral George Rooke's flagship in the War of the Spanish Succession.
Royal Sovereign formed the basis for the dimensions for 100-gun ships in the 1719 Establishment, being a generally well-regarded vessel. In practice, only Royal Sovereign herself was affected by this Establishment, being the only first rate ship either built or rebuilt to the Establishment in its original form, but the Royal William and Britannia had been rebuilt to the same dimensions (approximately) when both were re-launched in 1719. She underwent her rebuild to the 1719 Establishment at Chatham after an order of 18 February 1724, being relaunched on 28 September 1728.
The rebuilt Royal Sovereign remained in service until she was broken up in 1768.
Modern Popular Culture
In the video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, HMS Royal Sovereign (partner with HMS Fearless) appears as one of the legendary ships which the protagonist Edward Kenway could encounter and sunk in Caribbean sea.