HMS Royal Sovereign (1857)
Royal Sovereign as she appeared as completed as a turret ship in 1864 | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Royal Sovereign |
| Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Laid down | 17 December 1849 |
| Launched | 25 April 1857 |
| Fate | Broken up, May 1885 |
| Notes | Converted to turret ship, 20 August 1864 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 5,080 long tons (5,160 t) |
| Length | 240 ft 6 in (73.30 m) (p/p) |
| Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
| Draught | 25 ft (7.6 m) (deep load) |
| Installed power | 2,460 ihp (1,830 kW) |
| Propulsion | Sails; One-shaft Maudslay return connecting-rod steam engine, giving 2,460 indicated horsepower (1,830 kW) |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement | 300 officers and ratings |
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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.