HMS Royal Sovereign (05)

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HMS Royal Sovereign (05) was a British Royal Navy Revenge-class battleship that served in both World Wars, noted for her role in Atlantic convoy escort and later service with the Soviet Navy as Arkhangelsk.

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instanceOf Revenge-class battleship
Royal Navy battleship
armamentAA various anti-aircraft guns (evolving over career)
armamentMain 8 × 15-inch (381 mm) guns in 4 twin turrets
armamentSecondary 6-inch guns
armourBelt up to about 13 inches
armourConningTower up to about 11 inches
armourDeck up to about 4 inches
armourTurrets up to about 13 inches
beam about 27 metres
builder Portsmouth Dockyard NERFINISHED
class Revenge class NERFINISHED
commissioned May 1916
conflict World War I
World War II
country United Kingdom
crewComplement around 900–1,200 officers and men
displacementFullLoad about 31,000 long tons
displacementStandard about 28,000 long tons
draught about 9.3 metres
fate scrapped
laidDown 15 January 1914
launched 29 April 1915
length about 189.8 metres
maximumSpeed about 21 knots
navalEnsign White Ensign NERFINISHED
notableTheatre Arctic Ocean NERFINISHED
Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
operator Royal Navy
Soviet Navy NERFINISHED
pennantNumber 05
powerOutput about 40,000 shaft horsepower
propulsion coal-fired boilers (later oil-fired)
steam turbines
range about 7,000 nautical miles at 10 knots
returnedFromSovietUnion 1949
role Arctic convoy escort
Atlantic convoy escort
home fleet battleship
scrappedIn 1950
servedAs Arkhangelsk in Soviet Navy
serviceEntry 1916
sisterShip HMS Ramillies NERFINISHED
HMS Resolution NERFINISHED
HMS Revenge NERFINISHED
HMS Royal Oak NERFINISHED
SovietName Arkhangelsk NERFINISHED
transferDate 1944
transferredTo Soviet Union NERFINISHED

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Cammell Laird built HMS Royal Sovereign (05)