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'''H.M.S. ''Royal Sovereign''''' was the name ship of a [[Royal Sovereign Class Battleship (1891)|class of eight battleships]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1893-94.  She was sold shortly before the [[Great War]].


==Service==
==Service==
For the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1895]], the ship received a masthead [[Semaphore|semaphore]] machine invented by Rear-Admiral [[Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Baronet|Wilson]] for comparative testing.{{HTNC|27 July 1895|p. 8}}
''Royal Sovereign'' was recommissioned at Portsmouth on 8 June, 1897, {{CaptRN}} [[Edward Henry Meggs Davis]] in command.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 9 June, 1897.  Issue '''35225''', col C, p. 10.</ref>
''Royal Sovereign'' was recommissioned at Portsmouth on 8 June, 1897, {{CaptRN}} [[Edward Henry Meggs Davis]] in command.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 9 June, 1897.  Issue '''35225''', col C, p. 10.</ref>


==Radio==
As of 1901, in the Mediterranean, she was slated to receive a [[Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus Mark II|"1 to 52" W/T set]].{{ARTS1901|p. 111}}
As of 1901, in the Mediterranean, she was slated to receive a [[Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus Mark II|"1 to 52" W/T set]].{{ARTS1901|p. 111}}


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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Tynte Ford Hammill|nick=Tynte F. Hammill|appt=31 March, 1892{{NLApr94|p. 251}}|end=May, 1894{{NLApr94|p. 251}}<ref>Drury Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 345.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Tynte Ford Hammill|nick=Tynte F. Hammill|appt=31 March, 1892{{NLApr94|p. 251}}|end=May, 1894{{NLApr94|p. 251}}<ref>Drury Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 345.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Carter Drury|nick=Charles C. Drury|appt=12 May, 1894<ref>Drury Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 345.</ref>|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Carter Drury|nick=Charles C. Drury|appt=12 May, 1894<ref>Drury Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/451.|D7578831}}  f. 345.</ref>|end=21 May, 1895<ref>Drury Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/451.|D7578831}}  f. 345.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Barrow|nick=Arthur Barrow|appt=21 May, 1895<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/72.|D7578772}} f. 65.</ref>|end=11 December, 1895<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/72.|D7578772}} f. 65.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Barrow|nick=Arthur Barrow|appt=21 May, 1895<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/72.|D7578772}} f. 65.</ref>|end=11 December, 1895<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/72.|D7578772}} f. 65.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson|nick=Reginald F. H. Henderson|appt=12 December, 1895<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 609.</ref>|end=1896{{NLMar96|p. 258}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson|nick=Reginald F. H. Henderson|appt=12 December, 1895<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578879}} f. 609.</ref>|end=7 June, 1897<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578879}} f. 609.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harry Tremenheere Grenfell|nick=Harry T. Grenfell|appt=12 September, 1896<ref>Grenfell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/15.}}  f. 426.</ref>|end=23 September, 1898<ref>Grenfell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1261.|D7598656}} f. 564.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harry Tremenheere Grenfell|nick=Harry T. Grenfell|appt=12 September, 1896<ref>Grenfell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/15.}}  f. 426.</ref>|end=23 September, 1898<ref>Grenfell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1261.|D7598656}} f. 564.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Henry Meggs Davis|nick=Edward H. M. Davis|appt=8 June, 1897<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 9 June, 1897.  Issue '''35225''', col C, p. 10.</ref>|end=12 October, 1897}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Henry Meggs Davis|nick=Edward H. M. Davis|appt=8 June, 1897<ref>Davis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/329.|D7578818}} f. 294.</ref><ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 9 June, 1897.  Issue '''35225''', col C, p. 10.</ref>|end=c. mid 1897<ref>Davis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/329.|D7578818}} f. 294.</ref>|note=for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Michael Pelham O'Callaghan|nick=Michael P. O'Callaghan|appt=23 September, 1898{{NLOct98|p. 292}}<ref>O'Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 976.</ref>|end=12 March, 1900<ref>O'Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 104/208.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Michael Pelham O'Callaghan|nick=Michael P. O'Callaghan|appt=23 September, 1898{{NLOct98|p. 292}}<ref>O'Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 976.</ref>|end=12 March, 1900<ref>O'Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 104/208.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Henry Adair|nick=Charles H. Adair|appt=20 January, 1900<ref>Adair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 12.</ref>{{NLJan01|p. 300}}|end=1901}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Henry Adair|nick=Charles H. Adair|appt=20 January, 1900<ref>Adair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 12.</ref>{{NLJan01|p. 300}}|end=1901}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Wyndham Paget|nick=Alfred W. Paget|appt=13 May, 1903<ref>Paget Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 372.</ref>|end=3 March, 1904<ref>Paget Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 372.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Wyndham Paget|nick=Alfred W. Paget|appt=13 May, 1903<ref>Paget Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 372.</ref>|end=3 March, 1904<ref>Paget Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 372.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Paul Warner Bush|nick=Paul W. Bush|appt=1 March, 1904<ref>Bush Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/199|D7578792}}  f. 177.</ref>|end=23 May, 1905<ref>Bush Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19/325|D7590140}}</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Paul Warner Bush|nick=Paul W. Bush|appt=1 March, 1904<ref>Bush Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/199|D7578792}}  f. 177.</ref>|end=23 May, 1905<ref>Bush Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19/325|D7590140}}</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Knox Laird|nick=John K. Laird|appt=9 February, 1907{{NLMar07|p. 370}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Knox Laird|nick=John K. Laird|appt=9 February, 1907{{NLMar07|p. 370}}|end=21 May, 1909}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Gwynne Corbett|nick=Robert G. Corbett|appt=10 August, 1909<ref>Corbett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/254.|D7602586}} f. 280.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 370}}|end=2 August, 1910<ref>Corbett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/254.|D7602586}} f. 280.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Gwynne Corbett|nick=Robert G. Corbett|appt=10 August, 1909<ref>Corbett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/254.|D7602586}} f. 280.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 370}}|end=2 August, 1910<ref>Corbett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/254.|D7602586}} f. 280.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Herbert du Cane Luard|nick=Herbert du C. Luard|appt=2 August, 1910{{NLApr11|p. 369}}|end=8 February, 1911<ref>Luard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/106.|D7602444}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 12:39, 22 July 2020

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

H.M.S. Royal Sovereign was the name ship of a class of eight battleships completed for the Royal Navy in 1893-94. She was sold shortly before the Great War.

Service

For the Annual Manoeuvres of 1895, the ship received a masthead semaphore machine invented by Rear-Admiral Wilson for comparative testing.[7]

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

As of 1901, in the Mediterranean, she was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  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. ↑ Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle (Portsmouth, England), 27 July 1895.
  8. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 9 June, 1897. Issue 35225, col C, p. 10.
  9. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 251.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 251.
  12. ↑ Drury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 345.
  13. ↑ Drury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/451. f. 345.
  14. ↑ Drury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/451. f. 345.
  15. ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/72. f. 65.
  16. ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/72. f. 65.
  17. ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 609.
  18. ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 609.
  19. ↑ Grenfell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15. f. 426.
  20. ↑ Grenfell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1261. f. 564.
  21. ↑ Davis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/329. f. 294.
  22. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 9 June, 1897. Issue 35225, col C, p. 10.
  23. ↑ Davis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/329. f. 294.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 292.
  25. ↑ O'Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 976.
  26. ↑ O'Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 104/208.
  27. ↑ Adair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 12.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 300.
  29. ↑ Inglefield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 695.
  30. ↑ Inglefield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 473.
  31. ↑ Primrose Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/257. f. 1061.
  32. ↑ Primrose Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/257. f. 1061.
  33. ↑ MacGill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 836.
  34. ↑ MacGill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 543.
  35. ↑ Paget Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 372.
  36. ↑ Paget Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 372.
  37. ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/199 f. 177.
  38. ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19/325
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 370.
  40. ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/254. f. 280.
  41. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 370.
  42. ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/254. f. 280.
  43. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 369.
  44. ↑ Luard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/106. f. ?.

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