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  1. HMY Britannia - Wikipedia

    HMY Britannia was built at the shipyard of John Brown & Co. Ltd in Clydebank, Dunbartonshire. She was launched by Queen Elizabeth II on 16 April 1953, and commissioned on 11 January 1954. The ship was designed with three masts: a 133-foot (41 m) foremast, a 139-foot (42 m) mainmast, and a 118-foot (36 m) mizzenmast.

  2. What happened to the Royal Yacht Britannia mentioned in The ...

    November 11, 2022 at 4:15 a.m. EST. The Royal Yacht Britannia enters Hong Kong harbor on its last overseas voyage in 1997. (Dan Groshong/AFP/Getty Images) LONDON — The much-hyped fifth season of ...

  3. The History of The Royal Yacht Britannia | Edinburgh, Scotland

    Historical Timeline. Britannia was the first Royal Yacht to be built with complete ocean-going capacity and designed as a Royal residence to entertain guests around the world. When she was decommissioned in 1997, it marked the end of a long tradition of British Royal Yachts, dating back to 1660 and the reign of Charles II. There is additional ...

  4. Royal Yacht Britannia History: When Did The Queen Retire The ...

    The tradition of a royal yacht stretches back to 1660, when Charles II became England’s king. To mark his return to the throne, his Dutch allies gave him an extravagant gift: a yacht called the Mary. As well as being built for speed, she was also designed with opulence in mind. “To give it the more lustre”, the ship’s exterior was ...

  5. When was the Royal Yacht Britannia decommissioned? Where it ...

    Season five of The Crown starts in 1991 with the fictional Queen all-but-demanding a new Royal Yacht from then-Prime Minister John Major.. The luxurious yacht was a mainstay for Elizabeth II and ...

  6. The Royal Yacht Britannia: A History of Queen Elizabeth II’s ...

    The christening of The Royal Yacht Britannia serves as a cheeky season opener to The Crown. Black-and-white Pathé News–style footage shows a soon-to-be-crowned Queen Elizabeth II (Claire Foy ...

  7. What Happened to the Royal Yacht Britannia? - Vogue

    November 15, 2022. The Queen boards the Royal Yacht Britannia. Tim Graham/Getty Images. The Crown season five begins and ends with the same plot point: The Royal Yacht Britannia. The vessel serves ...

  8. 'the Crown': Facts About Queen Elizabeth's Royal Yacht Britannia

    The Royal Yacht Britannia was the royal family's private yacht from 1953 to 1997. The Queen once said that "Britannia is the one place where I can truly relax." ... 1991. Dick Loek/Toronto Star ...

  9. The Story Behind the Royal Family's Yacht, Britannia

    It was the first royal yacht designed for ocean travel. The ship was built by John Brown & Co at the same shipyard in Clydebank, Scotland in the same location the famous ocean liners the Queen ...

  10. What Happened To The Royal Yacht Britannia? | British Vogue

    The Royal Yacht Britannia, George decided, should both be an extravagant vessel and a functional one, able to double as a hospital if times of war were to arise again. In 1953, the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth christened the ship with a bottle of wine, as champagne was still seen as too extravagant post-war. In 1954, she set sail for the first ...