Royal Sovereign

Royal Sovereign can refer to :

  • HMS Royal Sovereign, any of various ships of the Royal Navy
  • Royal Sovereign class battleship, a class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy
  • Revenge class battleship, a class of Royal Navy dreadnoughts sometimes referred to as the Royal Sovereign class
  • Royal Sovereign was one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915.
  • The Royal Sovereign lighthouse
    • The Royal Sovereign shoal which the lighthouse marks

Famous quotes containing the words royal and/or sovereign:

    “This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
    This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
    This other Eden, demi-paradise,
    This fortress built by nature for herself
    Against infection and the hand of war,
    This happy breed of men, this little world,
    This precious stone set in the silver sea,
    Which serves it in the office of a wall,
    Or as a moat defensive to a house
    Against the envy of less happier lands;
    This blessèd plot, this earth, this realm, this England.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.”
    —Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679)