BRITANNIA
Royal Yacht
The most
successful racing sailboat of all time
Royal
yacht
Britannia was built for the Queen Victoria's
son Edward, Prince of Wales, successor to the
throne. She
was launched on 20 April 1893 and joined
a fleet of first class cutters that was growing fast as
others followed the royal lead. In a highly competitive
fleet, sailboat Britannia soon
set about achieving the race results which would
eventually establish her as the most successful racing
yacht of all time.
By the end of her first year's racing,
the
sailboat Britannia had
scored thirty-three wins from forty-three starts. In her
second season, she won all seven races for the first
class yachts on the French
Riviera,
and then beat the 1893 America's Cup defender Vigilant.
In 1895 she won 38 of 50 regattas. It is the record which no
other yacht in history ever able to repeat.
In 1897,
Britannia beat the yacht Meteor of the Chancellor of Germany
and won the Challenger Cup.
In 1921, the new owner,
King George V, refitted
Britannia out for
racing, and for the first few seasons replicated the
stunning earlier successes. However, as the years progressed
Britannia became increasingly unable to hold its own
against the more modern rigged J-class yachts.
After George V’s death in 1936,
sailboat
Britannia was towed
out into the English Channel and sunk in deep water off
the Isle of Wight, in accordance with his dying wishes.
Britannia's
51-foot (16 m) long gaff, the king’s chair, tiller, some
mast hoops, blocks and rigging, anchor chain and clock
are preserved in the Sir Max Aitken Museum in Cowes High
Street and the remains of her spinnaker boom are at Carisbrooke
Castle,
also on the Isle of Wight. The spinnaker boom was given
for use as a flag pole on the keep.
We offer this
scratch-built
sailboat
Britannia
model in two sizes:
42" long x 51" tall x 6.5" wide.
$3,360
Shipping
and insurance in the US included. Other countries, $600
flat rate.
30" long
x 38" tall x 5" wide. $2,790
Shipping
and insurance in the US included. Other countries, $400
flat rate.
Models are built per commission only.
We require only a
small deposit to start it $500 The
remaining balance won't be due until the model is
completed,
in several months.
Different size, or
different boat? Let us build it
for you by clicking on this link:
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link
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If you are looking for
the royal yacht
HMY BRITANNIA model, it is located here:
https://www.modelshipmaster.com/products/ocean_liners/britannia%20royal%20yacht.htm
Learn more about the
Britannia yacht here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMY_Britannia_(Royal_Cutter_Yacht)
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