A solid silver ship presented to Her Majesty during Her visit to the Royal Naval Engineering Collage 22-07-1983
The Royal Naval Engineering College was a specialist establishment for the training of Royal Navy engineers. It was founded as Keyham College in 1880, new buildings were opened in Manadon in 1940 and the old college site at Keyham Plymouth closed in 1958. The college was renamed HMS Thunderer in 1946, and closed in 1994. Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia is the former Royal Yacht of the British royal family, the 83rd such vessel since the restoration of King Charles II in 1660. She is the second Royal yacht to bear the name, the first being the famous racing cutter built for The Prince of Wales in 1893. She is now permanently moored as an exhibition ship at Ocean Terminal, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. 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. The top 20 feet ( m) of the foremast and mainmast were hinged, to allow the ship to pass under bridges.
Size: 5620px × 3733px
Location: Royal Yacht Britannia Ocean Terminal, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6JJ Scotland
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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