Sovereign Of The Seas: Wooden Ship Model

Sovereign of the Seas: Wooden Ship Model

Built at a cost of £65,586, about ten 40-gun ships could have been built for the same amount but Sovereign of the Seas was intended as a weapon of propaganda as well as of war.

Sovereign of the Seas: Wooden Ship Model

Where appropriate, all scale ship models are constructed with hardwood using the plank-on-frame technique and built to scale using ships' drawings. The models use cotton sails and rigging and in the case of the larger vessels are suitable for use as exhibits in galleries or museums. Many models are available in Large and Small sizes with both versions offering the same level of detail.

Stocks of most models are held but you should allow up to 8 weeks for some of the larger models. If you have specific enquiries for other ships, please contact us. Models are shipped all over the world in secure packaging at very reasonable prices.

In any event, if you have any queries, please contact us by mail or call us by telephone and we will be pleased to help.

Length (cm)	Width (cm)	Height (cm)	Size	Type	Nation	Year
86	36	75	Small	Warship	UK	1637
125	45	87	Large	Warship	UK	1637

Sovereign of the Seas: Ship's History

Original specifications: (later HMS Sovereign, HMS Royal Sovereign): Type: 1st rate 102 (3 m); Dimensions (L/B): 70.7 x 39.8 m; Hull: Wood; Armament: 102 guns; Designer: Phineas Pett; Built: Peter Pett, Woolwich Dockyard, England; Year: 1637

In 1634, the ill-fated monarch Charles I informed the great English shipbuilder Phineas Pett of his “princely resolution for the building of a great new ship” as part of his overall effort to improve and expand the English navy. England's enemies and concerns were many and included the Dutch, her most serious rival in overseas trade, France, Spain and North African corsairs preying on her vessels.

The Royal Navy’s most lavishly ornamented vessel, the decorations of the Sovereign of the Seas were carved by the brothers John and Mathias Christmas and described in a book by Thomas Heywood.

In fact, the ship-money tax levied by Charles for his naval programme was much resented by “his faithful and loving subjects” and is one of the excesses that led to his overthrow and execution in 1649.

Under Oliver Cromwell’s Commonwealth, the ship was renamed Sovereign and, following the restoration of Charles II in 1660, she was rebuilt and renamed Royal Sovereign. During the Anglo-Dutch Wars, she was in action at the battles of Kentish Knock in 1652, Orfordness (1666), Solebay (1672), Schoonveld (1673) and the Texel (1673).

After a rebuild in 1685, the Sovereign of the Seas was at the battles at Beachy Head (1690) and Barfleur (1692). Eleven years later, a misplaced candle set the ship on fire and she burned at Chatham Docks, England.

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