Sovereign Of The Seas (M)

539.00

L: 74cm

B: 15cm

H: 68cm

The Sovereign of the Seas was launched in October 1637 at Woolwich under King Charles I of England as the world’s first 100-gun warship. The largest and heaviest ship in history up to that point was also the first ship with three continuous flush decks. It was designed by shipbuilder Phineas Pett, who had already built the Prince Royal with 55 cannons, the largest ship up to that time, for James I of England in 1610.

Charles I had to introduce a new, unpopular ship tax to finance the new vessel. During conversion work in 1697, a fire broke out that completely destroyed the Sovereign. Parts of the remains were later used to build the “Royal Sovereign”.

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