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A painting by British painter William Stuart Bolton depicts the 100-gun ship of the line HMS Royal Sovereign in the waters of Hamoaze in Plymouth Sound during a refit in the summer of 1805.
After completion of the work, the ship joined Admiral Nelson's fleet off the coast of Spain, playing a key role in the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805.
She was the first British ship to break the line of the Franco-Spanish fleet.
Thanks to the refit and new copper plating on her hull (re-coppering), Royal Sovereign was significantly faster than the other ships in the British column commanded by Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood. This allowed him to get ahead of the rest of the fleet and strike first into the enemy lines, opening fire on Santa Ana and clearing the way for the rest of the column, which had enormous tactical importance: breaking the line allowed him to isolate the enemy ships, break their formation and prevent them from coordinating the fight.
After completion of the work, the ship joined Admiral Nelson's fleet off the coast of Spain, playing a key role in the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805.
She was the first British ship to break the line of the Franco-Spanish fleet.
Thanks to the refit and new copper plating on her hull (re-coppering), Royal Sovereign was significantly faster than the other ships in the British column commanded by Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood. This allowed him to get ahead of the rest of the fleet and strike first into the enemy lines, opening fire on Santa Ana and clearing the way for the rest of the column, which had enormous tactical importance: breaking the line allowed him to isolate the enemy ships, break their formation and prevent them from coordinating the fight.
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Battle of Corunna
The battle, also known as the Battle of Elviña, that ensured the escape of the British army from Spain on 16th January 1809, during the Peninsular War, with the death of Sir John Moore at the moment of success.
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