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MODEL SOLD FULLY BUILT - THIS IS NOT A KIT!
Model measurements: Height:14” Width:3” Length: 13”
This Sovereign of the Seas model is fully assembled, not a model kit. Just pull it out of the box and its ready to display.
Made with the finest quality woods. This is a wooden model ship, not plastic.
Details on the deck:
Thick striped sails, metal chains holding the anchors at each front end of the ship, 12 cannons on each side of the ship
The Sovereign of the Seas comes attached to a sturdy wood base
For the construction of this model, a lot of research was doing using sources such as museums, drawings, copies of original plans and photos of the actual ship.

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HMS Sovereign of the Seas was a 90 gun (10 were later added to make it a full 100) first rate ship of the English Royal Navy. It was renamed twice: first to Sovereign, and then to Royal Sovereign. It was first launched on October 13th, 1637 and served until 1696, when a fire burned the ship completely near Chatham.

HMS Sovereign of the Seas was built by Peter Pett, who later became a Commissioner of the Navy. Under the guidance of his father Phineas, Peter built the ship to be ready to be launched at Woolwich dockyar on October 13th 1637. It was the second three-decked first-rate (the first one being Prince Royal of 1610), and it was a predecesor to Nelson’s Victory. However, the Revenge which was built in 1577 by Mathew Baker, was the inspiration which provided the innovation of a single deck completely devoted to broadside guns.

HMS Sovereign of the Seas was the most extravagantly decorated warship. It was completely adorned from bow to stern. The gilded carvings on a black background, alongside the money that was spent on making the ship (£65,586) contributed to the financial crisis for Charles l which fueled the english civil War. Charles instituted a special tax called the “Ship Money” in order to make the completion of this ship possible. The gilding of the ornaments alone cost £6,691, which in those times would allow to build an average, yet complete warship. The Sovereign carried 102 bronze cannons which were explicitly ordered by King Charles, which made the Sovereign the most powerfully armed ship of that time period. The Sovereign was also exceptionally large, as no other ships of Charles were heavier than the Prince Royal.

The Sovereign wasn’t built so much because of tactical reasons, but it served as the deliberate boasting and strenghtening of the English monarchy. The name itself was meant to be a political statement as it was in King Charles’ perception that the English kings were supposed to be seen as the ‘lords of the seas.’ English ships often required other ships to strike their flags in a manner of salute, even if the Brits were in foreign ports.

Sir William Symonds, who was the rear-admiral at the time, stated that once the ship was launched, she was “cut down” in order to make her safer and faster. The Dutch refered to the ship as “The Golden Devil.” It was renamed to Sovereign in 1651, when she was modified by reducing the number of cannons in order to make it more maneuverable. It became the flagship of Admiral Robert Blake, and served through the wars of Commonwealth of England. It was often involved in great Eglish naval conflicts against France and United Provinces.

Once the first Anglo-Dutch war started, on October 21st 1652, the General of the Dutch fleet announced the rewards for any crew who succeeded in destroying an enemy ship. The Sovereign was singled out as there was an extra price of 3000 guilders promissed to the crew that managed to ruin the ship. Even though the Sovereign was repeatedly occupied by the Dutch, it was repeatedly retaken by the English Navy and served for nearly sixty years. After its restoration under English fleet, it was rebuilt as a two-decker which had flatter gundecks and was renamed “Royal Sovereign.”

As a result it was smaller than Naseby (which was later renamed as Royal Charles), but remained in service During the Anglo-Dutch wars. It even survived the Raid on the Medway in 1667, by currently being stationed elsewhere. It also took part in the outset of the War of the Grand Allegiance against Luis XIV, where it participated in the Battle of Beachy Head (1690) and the Battle of La Hougue, at which point Royal Sovereign was 50 years old.

Sovereign became defective and hard to upkeep during the reign of William III, which resulted in it being laid up at Chatham on January 27th, 1696, where she was burnt to the core. The nature of the fire has not been determined.

In order to honor the service of this ship, The British Navy has chosen to name several subsequent ships HMS Royal Sovereign.