HMS Royal Sovereign (05)
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| Career |   |
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| Laid down: | January 1914 |
| Launched: | May 1915 |
| Commissioned: | 1916 |
| Status: | Scrapped |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 27,500 tons standard 31,200 tons max |
| Length: | 624 ft (190 m) |
| Beam: | 88 ft (27 m), later expanded to 102 ft (31.1 m) |
| Draught: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbines, eighteen boilers, four shafts, 40,000 hp (30 MW) |
| Speed: | 23 knots (43 km/h) |
| Complement: | 997 |
| Armament: | Eight 15 inch (381 mm) guns in twin turrets Fourteen 6 inch (152 mm) guns in single casemates Two 3 inch (76 mm) guns in single mountings Four 47 mm guns in single mountings Four 21 inch (533 mm) submerged torpedo tubes |
HMS Royal Sovereign, launched in May 1915, was a Revenge-class battleship of the Royal Navy. Displacing 27,500 tons and armed with eight 15 inch guns, she ended her service in the Soviet Navy as Arkhangelsk in 1944–1949, being returned to the UK for scrapping. Part of her gun turret mechanism was later reused in the 250 foot "Mark I" radio telescope at Jodrell Bank, Cheshire built in 1955-57.
See HMS Royal Sovereign for other ships of this name
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| Revenge-class battleship |
| Revenge | Royal Sovereign | Ramillies | Resolution | Royal Oak |
| Preceded by: Queen Elizabeth class - Followed by: N3 class (planned) |
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