HMY Britannia |
Type: |
Royal Yacht |
Class: |
N/A |
Builder: |
John Brown & Co. Clydebank, Scotland |
Pennant Number: |
N/A |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Commissioned: |
January 11, 1954 |
Keel Laid: |
June 1952 |
Decommissioned: |
December 12, 1997 |
Launched: |
April 16, 1953 |
Stricken: |
N/A |
Fate: |
On display as a museum ship at Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
Length: |
412' 3" |
Engines: |
2 Geared Steam Turbines |
Beam: |
55' |
Boilers: |
2 primary and 1 aux. by Foster |
Draft: |
15' 7" |
Shafts: |
2 |
Gross Tons : |
5,862 |
SHP: |
12,000 |
Speed: |
22.5 knots |
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Crew: |
271 |
Range: |
2,196 NM@ 20 knots 2,553 NM@ 18 knots |
Armament |
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Number Carried
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Type
|
Arrangement |
Notes |
2 |
3 Pounders |
single mounts |
for saluting only |
Notes |
Christened by HM Queen Elizabeth II. |
Page published Nov. 25, 2007 |