Sovereign of the Seas, 1637: A Reconstruction of the Most Powerful Warship of Its Day, 2020 Edition IMO Digital Publications 1 Mechanism of protection

1 Mechanism of protection

Approaches to Pointe-Noire is a standard nautical chart

and Absecon inlets

These blue shields are arranged in the form of a cross

Sovereign of the Seas, 1637: A Reconstruction of the Most Powerful Warship of Its Day, 2020 Edition IMO Digital Publications 1 Mechanism of protectionOverview 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