Royal Sovereign Coppering — Plymouth 1805

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A coppered hull in dock. Not a named-ship portrait and not Victory’s 1780 refit.

Overview

The coppering is already on HMS Royal Sovereign — Overview. A fresh copper bottom applied at Plymouth Dockyard just before the 1805 campaign transformed her — she joined Collingwood off Cadiz outrunning the rest of the fleet.¹

The Coppering

This note covers that 1805 Plymouth coppering only. Rolling mills, plate weight, and a 1779–1783 fleet programme stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

Copper Sheathing — Hull Protection is the Victory 1780-refit note. West Country Wagon — Royal Sovereign Nickname already used the sluggish-sailer nickname. Do not rewrite Victory’s 1780 coppering here.²

Sources

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

Related

Navigation

• MOC_Ships_Maritime
• Shipbuilding_Materials_Index

Same Subject

• HMS Royal Sovereign — Overview
• Plymouth Dockyard
• Copper Sheathing — Hull Protection
• West Country Wagon — Royal Sovereign Nickname

Cross-Domain

• Collingwood Cuthbert — Biography
• Cadiz — Spanish Naval Port
• Age of Sail — Era Overview
• Age of Sail — Chronological Timeline

Footnotes

1. Fresh copper bottom at Plymouth just before the 1805 campaign; joined Collingwood off Cadiz outrunning the rest of the fleet: HMS Royal Sovereign — Overview. ↩

2. Victory 1780 stays on Copper Sheathing — Hull Protection. Nickname stays on West Country Wagon — Royal Sovereign Nickname. Do not invent mills or plate weight. ↩