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Wikipedia entry "HMY_Britannia"
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Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia was the 83rd Royal Yacht since the restoration of King Charles II in 1660 . She is now permanently moored as an exhibition ship at Ocean Terminal , Leith harbour , Edinburgh , Scotland .

History


Britannia at pierhead on the River Mersey, Liverpool
HMY Britannia was built at the shipyard of John Brown & Co. Ltd in Clydebank , West Dunbartonshire , Scotland , being launched by Queen Elizabeth II on 16 April 1953 and commissioned on 11 January 1954 . During her career as Royal Yacht (she was designed to be converted into a hospital ship in time of war, though this facility was never used), she conveyed the Queen, other members of the Royal Family , and various dignitaries on 696 foreign visits and 272 visits in British waters. Prince Charles and Princess Diana took a honeymoon cruise aboard Britannia in 1981 . She also evacuated over 1,000 refugees from the civil war in Aden in 1986 . In addition, the ship was intended to serve as a mobile refuge for the British Royal Family in the event of nuclear warfare with the Soviet Union . Guest included U.S. General Norman Schwarzkopf , who commented when he saw the engines: "Well, I've now seen the museum pieces. Where are the real engines?"

Replacement?

In 1997 , John Major 's Conservative government committed itself to replacing the Royal Yacht if re-elected, while the Labour Party declined to disclose its plans for the vessel. Following Labour's victory on 1 May 1997 it was announced that the vessel would be retired and no replacement would be built. The Conservative government argued that the cost of the vessel was justified by its role in foreign policy and promoting British interests abroad. When cancelling the replacement of the vessel, the new Labour government argued that the expenditure could not be justified given the other pressures on the defence budget (from which it would be funded and maintained). Proposals for the construction of a new royal yacht, perhaps financed through a loan or by the sovereign's own funds, have since made little headway

The Royal Yacht's last foreign mission was to convey the last British governor of Hong Kong , Chris Patten , and Prince Charles, away from Hong Kong after the handover of the British colony to the People's Republic of China on 1 July 1997 . Britannia was decommissioned on 11 December 1997

Retirement

There was some controversy over the siting of the ship, with some arguing that she would be better moored in Glasgow, where she was built, than in Edinburgh, to which the yacht had few links. However, her positioning in Leith coincided with a redevelopment of the harbour area.

The Queen attended the decommissioning, along with most of the senior members of the Royal Family, and the normally impassive monarch famously shed a tear publicly after disembarking for the last time.

Britannia is now permanently moored as an exhibition ship at Leith harbour, Edinburgh , Scotland . Entrance to the yacht is via the Ocean Terminal development. She is available for rental as a conference and banqueting venue

Image:HMY-Britannia-Bow.JPG|Bow of the HMY Britannia Image:HMY-Britannia Moored in Leith.JPG|The HMY Britannia at Ocean Terminal Leith Image:HMY-Britannia-Bridge.JPG|Bridge Image:HMY-Britannia-Ship's-Bell.JPG|Ship's Bell Image:HMY-Britannia-Dinghy.JPG|Ship's launch

Statistics


    Gross Tonnage: 5769 tons.
    Length: 412 ft (125 m)


    Height of masts above waterline: ::Foremast: 133 ft (40.5 m) ::Mainmast: 139 ft (42 m) ::Mizzenmast: 118 ft (36 m) ::;The top 6 metres of the two tallest masts were hinged to allow the ship to pass under bridges.
    Maximum speed: 21.5 knots (40 km/h)
    Range: ca. 2400 nautical miles (4,445 km)
    During her career, Britannia steamed 1,087,623 nautical miles (2,014,278 km).
    Crew (1997): 19 officers and 217 Royal Yachtsmen (plus Royal Marines band as required).

Flag Officers Royal Yachts


    Commodore Anthony Morrow 1995-1997
    Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Woodard 1990-1995
    Rear-Admiral Sir John Garnier 1985-1990
    Rear-Admiral Sir Paul Greening , KCVO 1981-1985
    Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Janion 1975-1981
    Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Trowbridge 1970-1975
    Rear-Admiral Sir Patrick Morgan 1965-1970
    Rear-Admiral Sir Joseph Henley 1962-1965
    Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Dawnay 1958-1962
    Vice-Admiral Sir Connolly Abel-Smith 1954-1958

Previous Royal Yachts


     HMY Osborne (1880s )
     HMY Fairy (1840s )
     HMY Victoria and Albert (1842 -?)
     HMY Victoria and Albert II (1855 -1900 )
     HMY Victoria and Albert III (1901 -1937 )

See also


    Royal Train
    Air transport of the Royal Family and executive of the United Kingdom

External link


     [ Royal yacht Britannia ]


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<Visitor attractions in Edinburgh|Britannia>

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