RN Pre-Dreadnoughts: Royal Sovereign Class

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Modified Royal Sovereign Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship HMS Hood pictured c1894.
Built at Royal Chatham Dockyard in 1891,she differed from the other ships of her Class in that she had cylindrical gun turrets instead of barbettes and a lower freeboard. She served most of her active career in the Mediterranean Sea, where her low freeboard was less of a disadvantage. She was placed in reserve in 1907 and later became the Receiving Ship at Queenstown, Ireland. Hood was used in the development of anti-torpedo bulges in 1913 and was scuttled in late 1914 to act as a Blockship across the southern entrance of Portland Harbour after the start of World War I.
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Royal Sovereign Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship HMS Resolution pictured at F. Rijsdijk's Shipbreakers Yards in the Netherlands in 1914.
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Some others of the class:


Empress of India
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hms empress of india built by pembroke dockyard launched 751891 sunk as a target ship in start bay 4111913.jpg

Hood
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Ramillies
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Repulse
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Here is the HMS Repulse being towed into the breakers yard at Morecambe in 1911.jpg

Resolution
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capstan engine room of the royal navy battleship hms resolution of 1893.jpg
captains cabin onboard the royal navy battleship hms resolution of 1893.jpg
fitters shop of the royal navy battleship hms resolution of 1893.jpg

Revenge (renamed Redoubtable)
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revenge at palmers newcastle libraries.jpg
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Royal Oak
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royal-oak-(1903)-pt.side ply.jpg

Royal Sovereign
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Sovereign Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship HMS Revenge seen at Devonport NB c1895.
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Royal Sovereign Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship HMS Revenge pictured c1905.
Built at Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company Ltd Shipyards at Jarrow,Tyneside in 1894.She spent much of her early career as a flagship for the Flying Squadron and in the Mediterranean, Home and Channel Fleets.She was assigned to the International Squadron blockading Crete during the 1897–1898 revolt there against the Ottoman Empire. She was placed in reserve upon her return home in 1900, and was then briefly assigned as a Coast Guard Ship before she joined the Home Fleet in 1902.She became a Gunnery Training Ship in 1906 until she was paid off in 1913.
Revenge was recommissioned the following year, after the start of World War I, to bombard the coast of Flanders as part of the Dover Patrol, during which she was hit four times, but was not seriously damaged. She had anti-torpedo bulges fitted in early 1915, the first ship to be fitted with them operationally.She was renamed Redoubtable later that year and was refitted as an Accommodation Ship by the end of the year. The last surviving member of her class, the ship was sold for scrap in November 1919.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBy-Ft6 ... v9HJQpk-_0
....Royal Sovereign Class main armament video...great footage...no audio....Regards Brian.
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Modified Royal Sovereign Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship HMS Hood pictured c1896.Built at Chatham Dockyard in 1891,she differed from the other ships of the Class in that she had cylindrical gun turrets instead of barbettes and a lower freeboard. She served most of her active career in the Mediterranean Sea, where her low freeboard was less of a disadvantage.She was placed in reserve in 1907 and later became the receiving ship at Queenstown, Ireland. Hood was used in the development of anti-torpedo bulges in 1913 and was scuttled in late 1914 to act as a Blockship across the southern entrance of Portland Harbour after the start of World War I.
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Modified Royal Sovereign Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship HMS Hood pictured c1894.
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Royal Sovereign Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship HMS Resolution pictured c 1895.
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Lead Ship, Pre-Dreadnought Battleship HMS Royal Sovereign showing her forward 13.5 inch barbette c 1897. A new and more powerful 12-inch gun was preferred by the Naval Board, but it was still under development, so the 32-calibre BL 13.5-inch 68 ton gun used in the preceding classes was chosen. The four guns were mounted in two twin-gun, pear-shaped barbettes or circular turrets, one forward and one aft of the superstructure. The barbettes were open, without hoods or gun shields, and the guns were fully exposed. The ammunition hoists were in the apex of the barbette and the guns had to return to the fore-and-aft position to be reloaded. The 1,250-pound shells fired by these guns were credited with the ability to penetrate 28 inches of wrought iron at 1,000 yards, using a charge of 630 pounds of smokeless brown cocoa (SBC), (prismatic powder). At a maximum elevation of +13.5°, the guns had a range of around 11,950 yards with SBC; later a charge of 187 pounds of cordite was substituted for the SBC which extended the range to about 12,620 yards The ships carried 80 rounds for each gun.
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