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HMS Royal Sovereign was a 100-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy,[1] which served as the flagship of Admiral Collingwood at the Battle of Trafalgar. Royal Sovereign was part of Admiral Howe's fleet at the Glorious First of June, where she suffered 14 killed and 41 wounded.[2]

The first ship of the fleet in action at Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, she led one column of warships; Nelson's Victory led the other. Due to the re-coppering of her hull prior to her arrival off Cádiz, Royal Sovereign was a considerably better sailer in the light winds present that day than other vessels, and pulled well ahead of the rest of the fleet. As she cut the enemy line alone and engaged the Spanish flagship Santa Ana, Nelson pointed to her and said, 'See how that noble fellow Collingwood carries his ship into action!' At approximately the same moment, Collingwood remarked to his captain, Edward Rotheram, 'What would Nelson give to be here?'[3]

Royal Sovereign and Santa Ana duelled for much of the battle, with Santa Ana taking fire from fresh British ships passing through the line, while nearby French and Spanish vessels fired on Royal Sovereign. Santa Ana struck at 14:15, having suffered casualties numbering 238 dead and wounded after battling both Royal Sovereign and HMS Belleisle. Royal Sovereign lost her mizzen and mainmasts during the battle and suffered 141 killed and wounded.

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Ranking System

1 star------------------------------------------------Midshipman


2 stars--------------------------------------------------Masters Mate


3 stars---------------------------------------------------Lieutenant


4 stars-----------------------------------------------------Master and Commander


5 stars--------------------------------------------------------Post-Captain


6 stars--------------------------------------------------Rear-Admiral of the (blue, white or red depending on seniority)


7 stars-------------------------------------------------------Vice-Admiral of the (blue, white or red depending on seniority)


8 stars------------------------------------------------------------Admiral of the (blue, white or red depending on seniority)


9 stars and creator of the group---------------------------------------------Admiral of the Fleet

*All admins. will be posted as a Rear-Admiral of the red.

*In seniority the lowest is blue then white and finally red.

*All members are responsible for telling the admins. if a change of ranking occurs so that they can verify this.

*The Political-Advisor (diplomat) of the group is given the rank of Post-Captain.

*Remember the stars also reflect land battles so an Admiral may not be so hard to defeat really, the same was true in real life often admirals were simply there because of political clout though you had to have worked thorugh all the ranks so I encourage you to play people with more stars!