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Since 1660, Great Britain has had 83 royal yachts. The last was the HMY Britannia, built at John Brown’s Clydebank Shipyard and delivered in 1954. She was retired in 1997 and thus far there are no plans to build another. Recently the British newspaper the Daily Mail announced a new campaign to build a 21st-century successor to the Britannia. This weekend they posted an interesting, if slightly fanciful, artist’s representation of a proposed replacement yacht. Interestingly enough, the proposed yacht is a four masted square-rigged barque, with solar cells incorporated into the sails, a heli-pad, a mini-sub and and an underwater laboratory. In these days of austerity, the plan is to build the ship from private donations and have her pay her way by using the vessel for trade shows and training cadets. The drawing of the proposed ship is a bit of a cartoon but is fun to consider, neevrtheless. Thanks to Alaric Bond for passing the article along.
This Idea should be totally discounted and placed in the history bin along with the royal family here we are a nation led by inane idiots in dire straits financially suffering as the rich squeeze every penny out of the workers left after this government has it!s way.
I now realise why the Queen made Phillip a Grand Admiral he will be able to stand aside the bridge and shout profanities to his hearts content but we must not forget the proprietor of the mail will be expecting some reward for this as do all the royal supporters,when fi ever will the british come to their senses and see through this charade for what it is.I say this if the Queen wants a royal yacht that is fine let her pay for the bloody thing and it will be the first thing she ever has paid for