HMS Royal Sovereign was one of the royal yachts of King George III. She was the largest of his yachts and served from 1804 until she was broken up in 1849.
Royal Sovereign was one of two, the other being William and Mary, ship-rigged royal yachts designed by Sir John Henslow. Royal Sovereign was ordered in 1800 to be built at Deptford by Edward Tippett. In March 1803 the master shipwright in charge of construction changed from Tippett to Henry Peake. She was laid down in November 1801 and launched on 12 May 1804 with the following dimensions: 96 feet (29.3 m) along the gun deck, 80 feet 5 inches (24.5 m) at the keel, with a beam of 25 feet 6 inches (7.8 m) and a depth in the hold of 10 feet 6 inches (3.2 m). She measured 278 tons burthen. She was armed with eight small swivel guns.[1] She was the largest yacht owned by King George III and was known to sail very well at sea.[2]
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From 31 August 1812 to 2 April 1814, she was under the command of William Hotham.
In October 1824 Royal Sovereign was used by the Duke of Clarence for a tour of the fleet at Spithead, where the back-and-forth nature of the ship's sailing forced one warship, the brig sloopHMS Redwing, to fire the royal salute seven times. Clarence used the yacht to visit four ships on this occasion.[4]
Owen, Hugh (1997). "'I Shall Make Five Sons of Mine Fight for their King and Country': The Naval Sons of William IV and Mrs Jordan". The Mariner's Mirror. 83 (1).
Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1814. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Seaforth. ISBN978-1-84415-717-4.
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January 01, 1970
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