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Description: | Scale: 1:72. A contemporary Block model of the Royal Sovereign (1786), a 100 guns, first rate, three-decker ship of the line.
Name "Royal Sovereign" on stern. Number "8" on starboard broadside.
CA: BAB. Possibly referenced in the Royal Naval Museum 1913 Catalogue pg 25, Edinburgh Room, No 7 Case, No 2 HMS Royal Sovereign 1765 and South Kensington Museum 1869 Catalogue page 31, CLASS I, DIV A, No14.
Built at Plymouth Dockyard and launched on 11 September 1786. She served throughout the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, and as Admiral Collingswood's Flagship during the Battle of Trafalgar. In 1826 she was placed on harbour service and finally broken up in 1841.
caption: SLR0451 and SLR0550: stern views of the ship models 'Elizabeth' (1737) and 'Royal Sovereign' (1786). Cut out to white of D7358.
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caption: Royal Sovereign
caption: 'Royal Sovereign', port broadside
caption: 'Royal Sovereign', port 3/4 bow
caption: 'Royal Sovereign', starboard stern quarter | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum Royal Sovereign (1786) blocks models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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