HMS Royal Sovereign was built by Parsons at Portsmouth and launched 29th May 1915. But did not see major action during world war one and was not at Jutland. During World War Two, Royal Sovereign was in the Home fleet during 1939 and Atlantic convoy duty in 1940-1941. Due to her poor condition she spent September 1942 till September 1943 in refit in the United States, after her refit she spent just one month in the Indian Ocean and then returned home She went into reserve, but was loaned to the USSR (becoming the Archangels but did not see active service with the soviet navy). She sailed for Mumansk on Convoy duty on the 17th August 1944. and returned to Rosyth in 1949 and scrapped at Inverkeithing.
HMS Royal Sovereign and HMS Warspite departing Malta by Ivan Berryman
HMS Kelly passes HMS Royal Sovereign by Ivan Berryman The destroyer HMS Kelly passes close to the battleship HMS Royal Sovereign as she escorts a convoy in the Mediterranean near Malta.