HMS Royal Sovereign

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royal Sovereign, while another was planned but renamed before being launched:

MV Royal Sovereign, a cross-channel passenger boat owned by the New Medway Steam Packet Company, was requisitioned for use as a troop transport in 1939 and participated in the Dunkirk evacuation in May 1940. Renamed HMS Royal Scot, she struck a mine and sank in the Bristol Channel in December 1940.[2]

Battle honours

Ships named Royal Sovereign have earned the following battle honours:

1: Awarded to merchant vessel MV Royal Sovereign

Notes

  1. "Sovereign of the Seas 1638" (history), Crown, 2006, webpage: RoyalN-3899 Archived 2007-02-02 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. "Royal Sovereign (I) 1937 - 1940". Derby Sulzers. 24 December 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
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