Sovereign of the Seas (1637)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with some decoration detail, sheer lines with stern quarter detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Royal Sovereign (1637), a 102-gun First Rate, three-decker. The plan refers to the ship as the Royal Sovereign, despite providing a build date of 1637 when she would have been known as Sovereign of the Seas. Compared to the depiction of the stern by the elder Van de Velde, the plan illustrates the ship as she was originally built, rather than as she was re-built in 1659-1660.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ0048
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Sovereign of the Seas (1637)
Date made: 1790-1810; Early 19th century
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 539 mm x 1809 mm