FOR THE AUCKLAND MUSEUM—Though KTng Charles I. did not realise it at the time the “Sovereign of the Seas” was responsible for the monarch losing his head. Built in 1637 it was one of four ships for the payment of which the King unfortunately incited the ire of John Hampden with his “ship money” tax. The first three-decker in the navy, this ship was for many years “the envy and admiration” of European nations. Renamed the “Royal Sovereign,” she saw good service under Blake in 1684, and, ten years later, was accidentally burned to the water’s edge. This is the second model of a series which Mr. Henry Bootes has completed for the Auckland Museum. It is produced from the famous Van der Velden engraving in the British Museum. Note the figure of the cavalier, for which the ship was famous, op the stemheiad.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 214, 29 November 1927, Page 11
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