Royal Sovereign Class Battleships Class Overview |
Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Royal Sovereign |
Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth, England |
Feb. 26, 1891 |
May 1892 |
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Fate |
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Sold for scrap Oct. 7, 1913.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Empress of India (ex-Renown) |
Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke, Wales |
May 7, 1891 |
Aug. 1893 |
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Fate |
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Sunk as target Nov. 4, 1913.
Location: English Channel 26 miles E of Torquay, England (50.29.72N - 02.57.88W). |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke, Wales |
Feb. 27, 1892 |
Apr. 1894 |
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Fate |
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Sold for scrap July 27, 1911
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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J&G Thompson Ltd. Clydebank, Scotland |
Mar. 1, 1892 |
Oct. 1893 |
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Fate |
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Sold for scrap Oct. 7, 1913.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Palmer's Shipbuilding Ltd. Jarrow-on-Tyne, England |
May 28, 1892 |
Dec. 5, 1893 |
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Fate |
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Sold for scrap Apr. 2, 1914.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Revenge (later Redoubtable) |
Palmer's Shipbuilding Ltd. Jarrow-on-Tyne, England |
Nov. 3, 1892 |
Mar. 1894 |
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Fate |
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Sold for scrap Nov. 6, 1919.
*Renamed Redoubtable in 1915 to free the name. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Cammell Laird Ltd. Birkenhead, England |
Nov. 5, 1892 |
June 1894 |
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Fate |
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Sold for scrap Jan. 14, 1914.
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Page published Feb. 23, 2007 |