HMS Royal Sovereign (1891)
| Nickname: | The Royal Sovereign-class battleships were called the "Rolling Ressies" |
HMS Royal Sovereign was a Royal Sovereign class battleship of the Royal Navy, the lead ship of the class, and the largest warship in the world at the time of her construction. The ships were designed by Sir William White and amongst other warships built to convergent designs around the same time contributed to a standard template for battleship construction until HMS Dreadnought rendered them obsolete in 1906. In their day, the Royal Sovereigns embodied revolutionary improvements in firepower, armour, and speed.
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