HMS Royal Sovereign, c1864. From: The British Battle Fleet, its inception and growth throughout the centuries to the present day. Volume 1, by Fred T. Jane, published by Library Press Limited, London. 1915. Launched in 1857 as a Royal Navy 121 gun screw vessel, she subsequently became the Royal Navy's first turret ship after conversion in 1863. She was one of seven ships which bore the same name and was sold for scrap in 1885.

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