As shown on The Crown, Royal Yacht Britannia was officially launched on April 16, 1953, at the shipyard of John Brown & Co. Ltd in Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, where Queen Elizabeth unveiled the ...

It’s 1953, and a young Queen Elizabeth II, a month before her coronation, is in Scotland to launch the new royal yacht, the Britannia. “I hope this brand-new vessel, like your brand-new queen ...

The Royal Yacht Britannia Scones 1 1/2 cups self-rising flour 1 tsp. baking powder 1 Tbsp. superfine sugar Pinch of salt 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened and cut into 1-in. pieces, plus more for ...

Here are the Royal Yacht Britania facts you need to know. The Royal Yacht Britannia Has a Fascinating History—Here's Everything You Should Know Skip to main content ...

Queen Elizabeth II shed a rare public tear when The Royal Yacht Britannia, her floating home seen on "The Crown," was decommissioned in 1997.

It was a struggle to get the royal car on board. When the 412-ft yacht was built in 1953, it was considered important that it had a garage to house the Queen’s Rolls Royce.

Town & Country took a tour of the famous vessel which served the royal family for more than 40 years and has reopened as a tourist attraction following COVID-19 closures.

The Royal Yacht Britannia was the British royal family's private yacht from 1953 to 1997. The ship is now a museum open to the public in Edinburgh, Scotland. The tour shows Queen Elizabeth's ...

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.

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 ...

Today, the Royal yacht is open to curious visitors and welcomes more than 300,000 visits each year. Britannia was launched in 1953 from the John Brown and Company shipyard in Clydebank, Scotland .