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H.M.S. Royal Sovereign (1891)
Builder:	Portsmouth Royal Dockyard^[1]
Ordered:	Naval Defence Act of 1889^[2]
Laid down:	30 Sep, 1889^[3]
Launched:	26 Feb, 1891^[4]
Completed:	May, 1892^[5]
Commissioned:	May, 1892^[6]
Sold:	7 Oct, 1913
Fate:	Scrapped

Service

Royal Sovereign was recommissioned at Portsmouth on 8 June, 1897, Captain Edward Henry Meggs Davis in command.^[7]

Radio

As of 1901, in the Mediterranean, she was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.^[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Captain Tynte F. Hammill, 31 March, 1892^[9] – May, 1894^[10]^[11]
Captain Charles C. Drury, 12 May, 1894^[12]
Captain Arthur Barrow, 21 May, 1895^[13] – 11 December, 1895^[14]
Captain Reginald F. H. Henderson, 12 December, 1895^[15]
Captain Harry T. Grenfell, 12 September, 1896^[16]
Captain Edward H. M. Davis, 8 June, 1897^[17]
Captain Michael P. O'Callaghan, 23 September, 1898^[18] – 12 March, 1900^[19]
Captain Charles H. Adair, 20 January, 1900^[20]
Captain Frederick S. Inglefield, 26 November, 1901^[21] – 29 August, 1902^[22]
Captain George A. Primrose, c. September, 1902^[23] – 15 December, 1902^[24]
Captain Thomas MacGill, 15 December, 1902^[25] – 25 May, 1903^[26]
Captain Alfred W. Paget, 13 May, 1903^[27] – 3 March, 1904^[28]
Captain Paul W. Bush, 1 March, 1904^[29] – 23 May, 1905^[30]

Footnotes

↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
↑ Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 73.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.
↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 9 June, 1897. Issue 35225, col C, p. 10.
↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 251.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 251.
↑ Drury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 345.
↑ Drury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 345.
↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/72. f. 65.
↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/72. f. 65.
↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 609.
↑ Grenfell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15. f. 426.
↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 9 June, 1897. Issue 35225, col C, p. 10.
↑ O'Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 976.
↑ O'Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 104/208.
↑ Adair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 12.
↑ Inglefield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 695.
↑ Inglefield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 473.
↑ Primrose Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/257. f. 1061.
↑ Primrose Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/257. f. 1061.
↑ MacGill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 836.
↑ MacGill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 543.
↑ Paget Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 372.
↑ Paget Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 372.
↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/199 f. 177.
↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19/325

Bibliography

Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
Parkes, O.B.E., Ass.I.N.A., Dr. Oscar (1990). British Battleships 1860–1950. London: Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0850526043. (on Bookfinder.com).

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[1] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.

[2] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.

[4] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.

[5] Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 73.

[6] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 32.

[7] "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 9 June, 1897. Issue 35225, col C, p. 10.

[8] Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.

[9] The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 251.

[10] The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 251.

[11] Drury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 345.

[12] Drury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 345.

[13] Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/72. f. 65.

[14] Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/72. f. 65.

[15] Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 609.

[16] Grenfell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15. f. 426.

[17] "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 9 June, 1897. Issue 35225, col C, p. 10.

[18] O'Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 976.

[19] O'Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 104/208.

[20] Adair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 12.

[21] Inglefield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 695.

[22] Inglefield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 473.

[23] Primrose Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/257. f. 1061.

[24] Primrose Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/257. f. 1061.

[25] MacGill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 836.

[26] MacGill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 543.

[27] Paget Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 372.

[28] Paget Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 372.

[29] Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/199 f. 177.

[30] Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19/325

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