Royal Sovereign
"Royal Sovereign" was laid down on 15 January 1914 at the HM Dockyard, Portsmouth. The ship was launched on 29 April 1915 and commissioned in May 1916. On 30 May 1916, three weeks after her commissioning, "Royal Sovereign" was present in Scapa Flow when the fleet commander, Admiral John Jellicoe ordered the Grand Fleet to sea. Jellicoe purposely left "Royal Sovereign" behind in port due to the inexperience of her crew; causing her to miss the Battle of Jutland the following day. In the months after the engagement, "Royal Sovereign" was quickly made ready for service with the fleet to further increase the numerical superiority of the Grand Fleet over the German High Seas Fleet.