HMS Royal Sovereign (1786)

The opening engagement at Trafalgar; Royal Sovereign raking the stern of the Spanish flagship Santa Ana; John Wilson Carmichael
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Royal Sovereign
Ordered	3 February 1772
Builder	Plymouth Dockyard
Laid down	7 January 1774
Launched	11 September 1786
Renamed	HMS Captain, 17 August 1825
Honours and awards	Participated in: Glorious First of June Cornwallis's Retreat Battle of Trafalgar
Fate	Broken up, 1841
Notes	Harbour service from 1826
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	100-gun first-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	2175 (bm)
Length	183 ft 10+1⁄2 in (56.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam	52 ft 1 in (15.88 m)
Depth of hold	22 ft 2+1⁄2 in (6.8 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns Middle gundeck: 28 × 24-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 30 × 12-pounder guns QD: 10 × 12-pounder guns Fc: 4 × 12-pounder guns

HMS Royal Sovereign was a 100-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy,^[1] which served as the flagship of Admiral Collingwood at the Battle of Trafalgar. She was the third of seven Royal Navy ships to bear the name. She was launched at Plymouth Dockyard on 11 September 1786,^[1] at a cost of £67,458, and was the only ship built to her design. Because of the high number of Northumbrians on board the crew were known as the Tars of the Tyne.^[2]