HMS Royal Sovereign - 100-gun battleship of the first rank . The third ship of the Royal Navy , named after the reigning home. Fought at Trafalgar in 1805 .
| Royal Sovereign | |
|---|---|
| HMS Royal Sovereign | |
 HMS Royal Sovereign , March 7, 1796 | |
| Service | |
 Great Britain | |
| Ship class and type | battleship rank 1 |
| Type of sailing equipment | Three-mast ship |
| Organization | Royal Navy |
| Manufacturer | royal shipyard, Plymouth |
| Author ship drawing | Williams |
| Construction started | January 7, 1774 |
| Launched | September 11, 1786 |
| Removed from the fleet | renamed to HMS Captain , 1825 ; raid service since 1826 ; sent for scrap 1841 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 2175 tons [1] |
| Gondek length | 183 feet 10.5 inches (56 m ) |
| Mid- width width | 52 ft 1 dm (15.88 m) |
| Depth of intrum | 22 ft 2.5 dm (6.8 m) |
| Engines | Sail |
| Armament | |
| Total number of guns | 100 [2] |
| Guns on the gandek | 28 × 32lb guns |
| Guns in the middeldek | 28 × 24-fn guns |
| Operdeck guns | 30 × 12-fn guns |
| Guns on shkantsah | 10 × 12-fn guns (after rearmament) |
| Tank guns | 4 × 12-fn guns |
Content
Construction
Built at the royal shipyard in Plymouth , according to the drawings of J. Williams. Laid down on January 7, 1774 , during the arms race before the American Revolutionary War . The building was suspended several times. It was launched only 3 years after the war, September 11, 1786 . The cost at the time of descent is £ 67,458. [one]
Service
Most of the service spent in the channel , with several trips to the Mediterranean Sea .
1794 - in the fleet of Admiral Howe fought at the Glorious First of June . Lost 14 people killed and 41 wounded [3] .
1795 - June 16 was the flagship of Cornwall in a collision with the superior forces of the French [4] .
1805 - Captain Edward Rotherram ( English Edward Rotheram ). Nes flag of Admiral Collingwood , junior flagship at Trafalgar . Headed the lee column. The first to join the battle, the first to break the enemy line. Over a quarter of an hour he fought alone, because the rest of the ships could not come up for support due to the weak wind. Received severe damage, lost 42 killed, 94 wounded [5] .
1806 - transferred to the Mediterranean Sea. Participated in the blockade of Toulon .
1811 - November, returned to the Canal Fleet .
1825 - August 17th renamed to HMS Captain .
1826 - disarmed, laid up in Plymouth.
1841 - sent for scrap, and dismantled by August 28 [1] . Several cannons are preserved in the Collingwood Memorial at Tynemut [6] .
See also
HMS Captain
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 B. Lavery. The Ship of the Line - Volume 1. - P. 178.
- ↑ When built
- ↑ Fleet Battle and Blockade / R. Gardiner, ed. - P. 31.
- ↑ Fleet Battle and Blockade / R. Gardiner, ed. - P. 44−45.
- ↑ The Campaign of Trafalgar / R. Gardiner, ed.
- ↑ Pevsner. Buildings of England: Northumberland . Guide
Literature
- Lavery, B. The Ship of the Line. The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. - Conway Maritime Press, 2003. - Vol. I. - ISBN 0-85177-252-8 .
- Fleet Battle and Blockade. The French Revolutionary War 1793-1797 / Robert Gardiner, ed. - L .: Chatham Publishing, 1997. - 192 p. - ISBN 1-86176-018-3 .
- The Campaign of Trafalgar: 1803–1805 / Robert Gardiner, ed. - London: Chatham Publishing, 1997. - 192 p. - ISBN 1-86176-028-0 .