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
Crew:
271
Range:
2,196 NM@ 20 knots
2,553 NM@ 18 knots


Armament
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Notes
2
3 Pounders
single mounts
for saluting only



Notes
Christened by HM Queen Elizabeth II.



   
Page published Nov. 25, 2007