HMS Royal Sovereign
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Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royal Sovereign:
- Sovereign of the Seas, launched in 1637, was a 100-gun first-rate ship of the line. She was later renamed Royal Sovereign and served in the Anglo-Dutch Wars and the War of the Grand Alliance. She fought at Beachy Head, La Hougue and many other battles.
- Royal Sovereign was a first-rate launched in 1701. She was Admiral George Rooke's flagship in the War of the Spanish Succession.
- Royal Sovereign was a first-rate launched in 1786. She was Admiral Collingwood's flagship at the battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805.
- Royal Sovereign, launched in 1857, was the first turret ship of the Royal Navy. She was sold for breaking in 1885.
- Royal Sovereign, launched in 1891, was the name ship of her class of eight 15,000-ton pre-Dreadnought battleships built under the 1889 Naval Defence Act. She was scrapped in 1913.
- Royal Sovereign, launched in May 1915, was a Revenge-class battleship. Displacing 27,500 tons and armed with 8–15 inch guns, she fought in World War I and World War II. She was transferred to the Soviet Navy in 1944, renamed Arkhangelsk and scrapped in 1949.