Royal Sovereign 1701 Predecessor

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. An unfinished first-rate on the stocks. Not a named-ship portrait of the 1701 ship.

Overview

The two leftover facts are already on HMS Royal Sovereign — Overview. She was laid down at Plymouth Dockyard in 1774 as a successor to the earlier 1701 ship of the same name. After long inactive service she was broken up at Plymouth in 1841.¹

The Predecessor

This note covers that 1701 predecessor and the 1841 breaking-up only. A master-shipwright and a cost stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

Royal Sovereign Construction — American War Delay already used the 1774 lay-down, the American War delay, and the 4 September 1786 launch. Those sentences stay there. Do not invent a rate for the 1701 ship from this page.²

Sources

• @knight2005pursuit
• @adkin2005trafalgar
• @hughes1957collingwood
• HMS Royal Sovereign — Overview

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• HMS Royal Sovereign — Overview
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• First Rate Ship of the Line — Class Overview
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Footnotes

1. Successor to the earlier 1701 ship of the same name; broken up at Plymouth in 1841: HMS Royal Sovereign — Overview. ↩

2. 1774 / 4 September 1786 stay on Royal Sovereign Construction — American War Delay. Do not invent a rate for the 1701 ship, a shipwright name, or a cost. ↩