HMS Royal Sovereign (05)
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Career | |
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Laid down: | |
Launched: | May 1915 |
Commissioned: | |
Fate: | 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) |
Armament: | Eight 15 inch (380 mm) guns in twin turrets Fourteen 6 inch (200 mm) guns in single casemates Two 3 inch (80 mm) guns in single mountings Four 47 mm guns in single mountings Four 21 inch (530 mm) submerged torpedo tubes |
Propulsion: | Steam turbines, eighteen boilers, four shafts, 40,000 hp (30 MW) |
Speed: | 23 knots (43 km/h) |
Complement: | 997 |
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.
See HMS Royal Sovereign for other ships of this name
Revenge-class battleship |
Revenge | Royal Sovereign | Ramillies | Resolution | Royal Oak |
List of battleships of the Royal Navy |