Sovereign of the Seas, 1637: A Reconstruction of the Most Powerful Warship of Its Day, 2020 Edition

Sovereign of the Seas, 1637: A Reconstruction of the Most Powerful Warship of Its Day, 2020 Edition

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Sovereign of the Seas was the most spectacular, extravagant and controversial warship of the early seventeenth century. The ultimate royal prestige project, whose armament was increased by the King's decree to the unheard-of figure of 100 guns, the ship finally cost the equivalent of ten more conventional warships. A significant proportion of this total was spent on her gilded decoration, which gave the ship a unique combination of firepower and visual impact in battle that led her Dutch opponents to dub her the 'Golden Devil'. The vessel was the poster-child of the notorious 'Ship Money' tax, raised without parliamentary approval and so unpopular it was a major factor leading to the Civil War in which Charles I lost his sovereignty and his head. In this book, John McKay sets out to analyse the data and reconstruct the design and appearance of the ship in a degree of detail never previously attempted.

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