Description

Engraved vignette depicting a side view of a three-masted yacht, depicted without her sails and with a flag at her stern. The yacht is at sea, and there is a small patch of land in the foreground. The caption is printed in the margin, and reads, "The Royal Sovereign Yacht, built at Deptford, and launched there during the summer of 1804. After which she attended on the King at Weymouth, commanded by Sir Harry Burrard Neale. This Yacht is of larger dimensions than any that had been previously built; and is a remarkably good Sea Boat."

From the periodical "the Naval Chronicle", in an issue from January-June 1805.