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 ...

A £250m scheme to create a successor to the Royal Yacht Britannia has been scrapped – with the Defense Secretary telling MPs the procurement of a new Royal Navy vessel is being prioritized instead.

The yacht’s final voyage abroad was to Hong Kong in 1997, when the territory was handed back to China. A few months later, the Britannia undertook a farewell tour of Britain, calling at six ...

On a trip to Scotland in 2023, I booked a ticket for the Royal Yacht Britannia museum, which costs £19.50, or around $25, for adults. The entrance is located inside the Ocean Terminal shopping ...

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 ...

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." The ship has made several ...

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 ...

On a trip to Scotland in 2023, I booked a ticket for the Royal Yacht Britannia museum, which costs £19.50, or around $25, for adults. The entrance is located inside the Ocean Terminal shopping ...

Admission to the Royal Yacht Britannia costs 18.50 pounds (about $25) for adults and 9.25 pounds (about $11.50) for children between the ages of 5 and 17.

The Royal Yacht Britannia was home to Her Majesty The Queen and the Royal Family for over 40 years, sailing over 1,000,000 miles around the world. Now berthed in Edinburgh, you can follow in the ...

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 bedroom, ...