Royal Yacht Britannia now a floating public museum Berthed at Ocean Terminal Leith SCO 5956
There are various methods that the flags can be used as signals each flag spells out an alphabetic message, letter by letter. individual flags have specific and standard meanings; for example, diving support vessels raise the "A flag" indicating their inability to move from their current location because they have a diver underwater. one or more flags form a code word whose meaning can be looked up in a code book held by both parties. An example is the Popham numeric code used at the Battle of Trafalgar. in yacht racing and dinghy racing, flags have other meanings; for example, the P flag is used as the "preparatory" flag to indicate an imminent start, and the S flag means "shortened course" 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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