HMS Royal Sovereign (1786)

HMS Royal Sovereign (1786) a 100-gun 1st rate ship of the line which served as the flagship of Admiral Collingwood at the Battle of Trafalgar. The first ship of the fleet in action at Trafalgar, it led one column of warships; Nelson's Victory led the other.

Related Topics:
1st rate - Ship of the line - Flagship - Admiral - Collingwood - Battle of Trafalgar - Warship - Nelson - ''Victory''

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This was the fourth of seven ships to bear the name Royal Sovereign and was broken up in 1841.

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