- Author
- A.N. Other and NHSA Webmaster
- Subjects
- Ship design and development, Ship histories and stories
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- RAN Ships
- None noted.
- Publication
- June 1983 edition of the Naval Historical Review (all rights reserved)
The hull of Britannia is royal blue above and red below. It is decorated with a gold band below the upper deck. The upper works are white with buff-coloured funnel and masts. The royal coat of arms is on the bow and the royal cipher on the stern.
Principal Voyages of Britannia
SINCE 1954 (As the full list is so extensive we have printed only specific years.)
1954
LIBYA: With Prince Charles and Princess Anne, a voyage to Tobruk in April and May where the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh embarked for return to Britain following their Commonwealth tour.
CANADA: Sailed to Britain with the Duke of Edinburgh after his three-week visit to Canada.
1955
WEST INDIES: Visited West Indies with Princess Margaret.
MEDITERRANEAN: With Duke of Edinburgh, attended Combined Fleet Exercises in the Mediterranean.
NORWAY: Visited Oslo in June for the Queen’s state visit to Norway.
WALES, ISLE OF MAN and SCOTLAND: In August took the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales and Princess Anne for their tour of Wales, the Isle of Man and Scotland.
DENMARK: Visited Copenhagen in October with the Duke of Edinburgh.
1957
PORTUGAL: Took the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh from Setubal in Portugal to Lisbon for the state visit in February.
DENMARK: Visited Copenhagen in May where the Queen, with the Duke of Edinburgh, made a state visit and a short private visit.
SCOTLAND: At Invergordon for the royal visit to the Home Fleet.
CHANNEL ISLANDS and ENGLAND: At the end of July visited the Channel Islands with the Queen; and afterwards was at Cowes Week, which was attended by the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Charles.
1958
NETHERLANDS: Visited Amsterdam and Rotterdam in March during the Queen’s state visit to the Netherlands.
NORTHERN IRELAND: In May took Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother on a visit to Northern Ireland.
GREAT BRITAIN: In June visited ports on the east coast of England and in Scotland, with the Queen. At the end of July, the Duke of Edinburgh embarked at Cardiff after visiting the Empire Games, and visited the Scilly Isles, the naval colleges at Dartmouth and Plymouth, and Portsmouth. The yacht spent two days in August at Cowes with the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Charles; and with the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles and Princess Anne, underwent a ten-day private cruise to the Western Isles and the west coast of Scotland, with official visits at Holyhead and ports on the Clyde.
1961
GIBRALTAR and TUNISIA: In April visited Gibraltar and Tunisia with Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
ITALY: At Cagliari, Sardinia, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh embarked for the state visit to Italy, which included visits to Naples, Ancona and Venice.
GREECE and TURKEY: With the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, visits to Greece and Turkey in May.
ENGLAND, NORTHERN IRELAND and SCOTLAND: With the Queen; sailed to Shotley, near Ipswich, for her visit in July to Suffolk and then to Portsmouth. Having attended Cowes Week with the Duke of Edinburgh and other members of the royal family, sailed to Southampton where the Queen embarked for a visit to Belfast and a cruise round the Scottish coast.
GHANA, LIBERIA, SIERRA LEONE, THE GAMBIA and SENEGAL: In November the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh embarked at Takoradi, Ghana, and then visited Monrovia, Freetown, Bathurst and Dakar.
1963
FIJI, NEW ZEALAND and AUSTRALIA: For the royal tour by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, visited various ports of call in Fiji, New Zealand and Australia.
CHANNEL ISLANDS: Visited the Channel Islands with Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
ISLE OF MAN and ENGLAND: In July visited the Isle of Man with Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother; and in August took the Duke of Edinburgh to Cowes.
1966
WEST INDIES: With the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh toured the Caribbean in February and March.
AUSTRALIA, FIJI and NEW ZEALAND: From March to May visited Australia, Fiji and New Zealand with Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
1969
WALES: After the investiture of Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, at Carnarvon in July, toured Welsh ports with the Prince on board.
NORWAY: Private visit to Norway with the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and their four children.