HMS Royal Sovereign
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HMS Royal Sovereign was originally laid down as a 121-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She would have mounted sixteen 8 in (200 mm) cannon, 114 32-pounder (15 kg) guns, and a 68-pounder (31 kg) pivot gun. With the rise of steam and screw propulsion, she was ordered to be converted on the stocks to a 131-gun screw ship, with conversion beginning on 25 January 1855. She was finally launched directly into the ordinary on 25 April 1857. She measured 3765 tons burthen, with a gundeck of 240 feet 6 inches (73.30 m) and breadth of 62 feet (19 m), and a crew of 1,100, with engines of 780 nhp.
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Front page illustrations of Harvey's Torpedo, in action at Portsmouth. The Illustrated Times, 5 March 1870.
The Launching of HMS 'Royal Sovereign' at Portsmouth, 25 April 1857, by Edwin Weedon HMP HMCMS FA2006 107
HMS Royal Sovereign 1864- The Royal Sovereign - 1864 article in Once a Week, English, online
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| link | page | The Victorian Royal Navy page@ | Wikidata | ||
| commons | image | Front page illustrations of Harvey's Torpedo, in action at Portsmouth. The Illustrated Times, 5 March 1870. | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The Launching of HMS 'Royal Sovereign' at Portsmouth, 25 April 1857, by Edwin Weedon HMP HMCMS FA2006 107 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | HMS Royal Sovereign 1864 | Commons | ||
