HMS Royal Sovereign

HMS Royal Sovereign
Rating: First Rate

Class: Invincible

Date of Commission: September 10th 1721

Current Captain: Robert Middlemore

Guns: 102

Crew: 825 souls

Status: At Sea

Ship History
HMS Royal Sovereign is a 102-gun First Rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Woolwich Dockyards and launched in July 1701. She was been built using some of the salvageable timbers from the previous Royal Sovereign - originally Sovereign of the Seas - which had been destroyed by fire in 1697, and had been one of the most famous and formidable warships of the 17th century.

A well-regarded ship and a fine sailer, Royal Sovereign saw notable service in the War of the Spanish Succession as flagship of the fleet commanded by Admiral George Rooke. In late 1721 she was transferred to the West Indies Station, where she underwent a refit at St. John's Dockyards before being placed under the command of Viscount Middlemore as part of the St. George Squadron of the White.