HMY Britannia

Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia, kent as the Royal Yacht Britannia an aw, is the auld ryal yatt o Queen Elizabeth II, in service frae 1954 til 1997. It wis the 83rd sic veshel sin Charles II accedit tae the throne in 1660, an is the seicont ryal yatt tae hae the name, the first bein the racin cutter biggit fur the Prince o Wales in 1893. Ootthrou her 43-year career, the yatt traivelt mair nor a million mile aroond the globe. The day, Britannia is retiret frae ryal service an is nou appen tae veesitors an is permanent bertht at Ocean Terminal, Leith, in Edinburgh, Scotland, an is veesitit bi ower 300,000 touerists ilk year. References