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Now retired from royal service, Britannia is permanently berthed at Ocean Terminal, Leith in Edinburgh, Scotland, where it is a visitor attraction with over 300,000 visits each year. [ 3 ] Construction
Aug 30, 2023 · The Royal Yacht Britannia (or Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia) is one of the more unusual ship museums in the United Kingdom (the United States has its two equivalent preserved Presidential Yachts to explore). She serviced between 1954 and 1997 and is now a museum open to the public in Edinburgh, one of the most beautiful cities to explore in the UK.
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Apr 22, 2021 · The Royal Yacht Britannia was the royal family's private yacht from 1953 to 1997. It's five stories tall, had more than 240 staff, and was known as the queen's "floating palace."
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- Britannia was launched by Queen Elizabeth II on 16 April 1953 using a bottle of wine, not champagne. Champagne is traditionally smashed against a ship’s hull during launching ceremonies.
- Britannia was the 83rd Royal Yacht. King George VI, Elizabeth II’s father, had first commissioned the royal yacht that would become Britannia in 1952.
- Britannia had two emergency functions. Britannia was designed to be converted into a hospital ship in time of war, although that function was never used.
- Her maiden voyage was from Portsmouth to Grand Harbour in Malta. She carried Prince Charles and Princess Anne to Malta to meet the Queen and Prince Philip at the end of the royal couple’s Commonwealth tour.
Nov 9, 2022 · The royal family has a long history of seafaring—the first official royal yacht was the HMY Mary (HMY stands for His or Her Majesty's Yacht), gifted to Charles II by the Dutch in 1660. In fact ...
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Nov 9, 2022 · She was to be named HMY Britannia (although this name was kept secret until her launch), and could be transformed into a hospital ship if the country was again plunged into war: the laundry room could be converted into a ward, and the main veranda doubled as a helicopter landing pad.
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Nov 8, 2022 · Where is the Royal Yacht Britannia Now? As documented in season 5 of The Crown , the Royal Yacht was decommissioned on December 11, 1997, at a ceremony in Portsmouth, U.K., after nearly half a century in service and having traveled more than one million nautical miles.
