Royal Sovereign

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Royal Sovereign was a prominent English warship of the late 17th century that played a key role in major naval engagements of the Nine Years’ War.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Royal Sovereign canonical 2
Royal Sovereign (title) 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf first-rate ship of the line ⓘ
ship ⓘ
ship of the line ⓘ
allegiance Kingdom of England ⓘ
armamentType broadside cannon ⓘ
beam approximately 46 feet ⓘ
builder Peter Pett ⓘ
category First-rate ships of the line of the Royal Navy ⓘ
Ships built in Woolwich ⓘ
Ships of the line of the Royal Navy ⓘ
class first-rate ship of the line ⓘ
conflict Nine Years' War ⓘ
Second Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
Third Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
constructionSite Woolwich Dockyard ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfLoss 1696 ⓘ
displacement approximately 1500 tons burthen ⓘ
era Age of Sail ⓘ
fate destroyed by accidental fire ⓘ
flag Royal Navy White Ensign ⓘ
linked to: White Ensign
gunCount 100 ⓘ
102 ⓘ
launchDate 1637 ⓘ
length approximately 167 feet (gundeck) ⓘ
material wood ⓘ
monarchDuringService Charles I of England ⓘ
Charles II of England ⓘ
James II of England ⓘ
William III of England ⓘ
navalTactic line of battle ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Barfleur ⓘ
Battle of Beachy Head ⓘ
Battle of La Hogue ⓘ
notableFor being one of the most powerful warships of its time ⓘ
heavy ornamentation and decoration ⓘ
operator Royal Navy ⓘ
originalName Sovereign of the Seas ⓘ
placeOfLoss Chatham Dockyard ⓘ
propulsion sail ⓘ
renamedAs Royal Sovereign ⓘ
Sovereign ⓘ
renamingDate 1660 ⓘ
rigging full-rigged ship ⓘ
role flagship ⓘ
serviceBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
serviceEnd 1696 ⓘ
serviceStart 1637 ⓘ
status wrecked ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Barfleur → notableShip → Royal Sovereign ⓘ
Royal Sovereign → renamedAs → Royal Sovereign ⓘ
HMS Royal Sovereign → namedAfter → Royal Sovereign (title) ⓘ
linked to: Royal Sovereign