HMS Royal Sovereign (1857)

	Royal Sovereign as she appeared as completed as a turret ship in 1864
History
United Kingdom
Name	Royal Sovereign
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down	17 December 1849
Launched	25 April 1857
Fate	Broken up, May 1885
Notes	Converted to turret ship, 20 August 1864
General characteristics
Displacement	5,080 long tons (5,160 t)
Length	240 ft 6 in (73.30 m) (p/p)
Beam	62 ft (19 m)
Draught	25 ft (7.6 m) (deep load)
Installed power	2,460 ihp (1,830 kW)
Propulsion	Sails; One-shaft Maudslay return connecting-rod steam engine , giving 2,460 indicated horsepower (1,830 kW)
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement	300 officers and ratings
Armament	5 × 10+1⁄2 in (270 mm) muzzle loaders on three single and one twin mounting; From 1867 :; 5 × 9 in (230 mm) rifled muzzle-loaders;
Armour	Belt: 5+1⁄2 in (140 mm) midships,; 4+1⁄2 in (110 mm) fore and aft;; Backing 36 in (910 mm) of oak;; Turrets 10 in (250 mm) front,; 5+1⁄2 in (140 mm) sides and rear;; Conning tower 5+1⁄2 in (140 mm);; Deck 1 in (25 mm);

HMS Royal Sovereign was originally laid down as a 121-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She would have mounted sixteen 8 in (200 mm) cannon, 114 32-pounder (15 kg) guns, and a 68-pounder (31 kg) pivot gun. With the rise of steam and screw propulsion, she was ordered to be converted on the stocks to a 131-gun screw ship, with conversion beginning on 25 January 1855. She was finally launched directly into the ordinary on 25 April 1857. She measured 3765 tons burthen, with a gundeck of 240 feet 6 inches (73.30 m) and breadth of 62 feet (19 m), and a crew of 1,100, with engines of 780 nhp.

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