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Sovereign of the Seas [Royal Sovereign]

Vessel summary

Name
Sovereign of the Seas [Royal Sovereign]
Class
First Rate
Type
ship of the line
Builder
Pett, Phineas
When launched (Date built)
1637
Place built
United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London, Greenwich, Woolwich, Woolwich Dockyard
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Description

102 nominal guns

1659 docked at Chatham to be rebuilt; becomes 'Royal Sovereign' (100 guns)

1679 broken up to rebuild and launched again 1685

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