Seven ships of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 have been named HMS Royal Sovereign, while another was planned but renamed before being launched:
was a 102-gun first rate ship of the line

Ship of the line

A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...

 launched in 1637. She was rebuilt in 1660 and renamed Royal Sovereign, rebuilt again in 1685 and burnt by accident in 1697. was a 100-gun first-rate launched in 1701. She underwent a "great repair" (1722-1725) so extensive that the result might be considered a new ship. She was finally broken up in 1768. was a 100-gun first-rate launched in 1786. She was at the Battle of Trafalgar

Battle of Trafalgar

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, renamed HMS Captain after being reduced to harbour service in 1825, and was broken up in 1841. was a yacht

Yacht

A yacht is a recreational boat or ship. The term originated from the Dutch Jacht meaning "hunt". It was originally defined as a light fast sailing vessel used by the Dutch navy to pursue pirates and other transgressors around and into the shallow waters of the Low Countries...

 launched in 1804 and broken up in 1849.

• HMS Royal Sovereign was to have been a 110-gun first-rate. She was ordered in 1833, renamed HMS Royal Frederick in 1839, then in 1860, before being launched later that year. She became a training ship named Worcester in 1876, was sold in 1948 and foundered that year. was a 121-gun screw first-rate
  First-rate
  First rate was the designation used by the Royal Navy for its largest ships of the line. While the size and establishment of guns and men changed over the 250 years that the rating system held sway, from the early years of the eighteenth century the first rates comprised those ships mounting 100...
  
   launched in 1857. She was converted between 1861-1863 into the first turret ship
  Turret ship
  Turret ships were a 19th century type of warship, the earliest to have their guns mounted in a revolving gun turret, instead of a broadside arrangement....
  
   of the Royal Navy. She was sold for breaking in 1885. was a Royal Sovereign-class
  Royal Sovereign class battleship
  The Royal Sovereign class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the British Royal Navy. The class comprised seven ships built to the same design: HMS Royal Sovereign, , HMS Ramilles, HMS Repulse, HMS Resolution, HMS Revenge, and HMS Royal Oak, and a half-sister built to a modified design: ....
  
   battleship
  Battleship
  A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns. Battleships were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers and destroyers. As the largest armed ships in a fleet, battleships were used to attain command of the sea and represented the apex of a...
  
   launched in 1891 and scrapped in 1913. was a Revenge-class
  Revenge class battleship
  The Revenge class battleships were five battleships of the Royal Navy, ordered as World War I loomed on the horizon, and launched in 1914–1916...
  
   battleship launched in 1915. She was transferred to the Soviet Navy
  Soviet Navy
  The Soviet Navy was the naval arm of the Soviet Armed Forces. Often referred to as the Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy would have played an instrumental role in a Warsaw Pact war with NATO, where it would have attempted to prevent naval convoys from bringing reinforcements across the Atlantic Ocean...
  
  in 1944 and renamed Arkhangelsk, and in 1949 sent back to Britain and scrapped.