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| | Royal Sovereign class battleship |
 | | The Royal Sovereign class was built under the 1889 Naval Defence Act, which came about due to rumours of a possible Franco-Russian alliance, as well as shortcomings found in naval manoeuvres the year became the act came about. |
 | | The class would become the template of British battleship design, being imrpoved by the Majestics, which were launched just a few years later, becoming the template for subsequent classes. |
 | | By 1906, the Royal Sovereigns, with every other battleship classes in the world, were made obsolete with the launch of the revolutionary Dreadnought, the first all big-gun battleship. |
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