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HMS SOVEREIGN of
the SEAS model
Sovereign of the Seas
was a 17th-century ship of the English Navy.
The ship's construction
started in
1634 and
took the labors of over a thousand craftsmen for
three years. 215 feet
long and 1,522 tons, the HMS
Sovereign of the Seas
was far and away the largest
and most powerful ship in the world of that time.
When
launched in 1637,
Sovereign of the Seas
ornaments were the
ship's most striking features. They were designed by famous Sir Anthony Van Drych
and carved by the King's master
sculptor Gerald Christmas.
Sovereign of the Seas was not so much built because
of tactical considerations, but as a deliberate
attempt to bolster the reputation of the English
crown. Her name was, in itself, a political
statement as Charles tried to revive the perceived
ancient right of the English kings to be recognized
as the 'lords of the seas.' English ships demanded
that other ships strike their flags in salute, even
in foreign ports.
Sovereign of the Seas
served throughout the wars of the Commonwealth and
became the flagship of General at Sea Robert Blake.
She was involved in all of the great English naval
conflicts fought against the United Provinces and
France and was referred to as 'The Golden Devil' by
the Dutch.
She
fired a broadside of two tons of metal and in her first naval
engagement in 1652, she sank a large Dutch warship
with a single broadside.
During
the First Anglo-Dutch War, on 21 October 1652 the
States General of the Netherlands in a secret
session determined the reward money for the crews of
fireships that succeeded in destroying an enemy
vessel. Sovereign
of the Seas
was singled out: an
extra prize of 3000 guilders was promised 'in case
they should ruin the ship named the Sovereign'. HMS
Sovereign
of the Seas
had not seen action during the Civil War, remaining
laid up. After being refitted in 1651, she had her
first fight in the Battle of the Kentish Knock. In
this battle she ran aground on the Kentish Knock
itself.[12] Although repeatedly occupied by the
Dutch in the fiercest of engagements Sovereign was
retaken every time and remained in service for
nearly sixty years as the best ship in the English
fleet. After the English Restoration she was rebuilt
at Chatham in 1660 as a first-rate ship of the line
of 100 guns, with flatter gundecks and renamed Royal
Sovereign; most of the carvings had been removed.
During the night of January 27th of 1696, when the
HMS Sovereign of the Seas was anchored in the port
of Chatham, a cook forgot to blow out a candle in
his quarters. The candle fell over and a short time
later the ship was engulfed in flames from stern to
stern. The hull burned down to the water line and
what was left sank down to the harbor floor.
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This
HMS Sovereign of the
Seas model
is
44" long x 37" tall x 16" wide.
Sale, only
one is available $5,930
Shipping and insurance in the contiguous US included.
Other places: $600 flat rate.
This model is in
stock and will be shipped within five business days.
Learn more about
the
Sovereign of the Seas ship model here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Sovereign_of_the_Seas
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