List of Royal Yachts of the United Kingdom

This is a list of Royal Yachts of the United Kingdom.

There have been 84 Royal Yachts since the restoration of King Charles II in 1660. Charles II himself had 25 Royal Yachts and five were simultaneously in service in 1831. Occasionally merchantmen or warships have been chartered or assigned for special duty as a temporary Royal Yacht, for example the steamship Ophir in 1901 and the battleship HMS "Vanguard" in 1947. There is no current British Royal Yacht.

hips

* "Mary" (1660-1675)
* "Royal escape"
* "Anne" (1661-?)
* "Bezan" (1661-?)
* "Katherine" (1661 - ?) Built by Phineas Pett
* "Charles"(1662-?)
* "Jamie" or Jemmy
* "Henrietta"
* "Merlin" (1666-?)
* "Monmouth"(1666-?)
* "Navy"(1666-?)
* "Saudadoes"(1670-?)
* "Cleveland"(1671-?)
* "Queenborough"(1671-?)
* "Deale"(1673-?)
* "Isle of Wight"(1673-?)
* "Kitchen"(1674-?)
* "Katherine "(1674-?)
* "Portsmouth"(1674-?)
* "Charles"(1675-?)
* "Charlot"(1677-?)
* "Mary"(1677-?)
* "Henrietta"(1679-?)
* "Izabella Bezan" (1680-?)
* "Fubbs"(1682-?)
* "Isabella"(1680-?)
* "William & Mary"(1694-?)
* "Squirrel"(1695-?)
* "Scout"(1695-?)
* "Queenborough"(1701-?)
* "Soeesdyke" (1702-?)
* "Portsmouth"(1702-?)
* "Isabella"(1703-?)
* "Drake" (1705-?)
* "Dublin" (1709-?)
* "Bolton" (1709-?)
* "Charlot"(1710-?)
* "Carolina"(1710-?)
* "Chatham "(1710-?)
* "Chatham "(1741-?)
* "Portsmouth"(1742-?)
* "Royal Caroline" (renamed "Royal Charlotte" in 1761), 1749 - ?
* "Dorset"(1753-?)
* "Plymouth"(1755-?)
* "Augusta"(1771-?)
* "Portsmouth"(1794-?)
* "Plymouth"(1796-?)
* "Royal Sovereign" (1804-?)
* "William & Mary"(1807-?)
* "Royal George" (1817-1842)
* "Prince Regent"(1820-?)
* "Royal Charlotte" (1824-?)
* "Royal Adelaide" (1833-?)
* "Victoria and Albert" (1843-1855) - remained in-service as "Osbourne" (1855-1867)
* "Fairy" (1845-1863) (tender to "Victoria and Albert")
* "Elfin" (1848-1901)
* "Victoria and Albert" (ii) (1855-1900)
* "Alberta" (1863-1913) (tender to "Victoria and Albert" (ii))
* "Osborne" (1870-1908) (tender to "Victoria and Albert" (ii))
* Victoria and Albert (iii) (1901-1937)
* Ophir (1901) - chartered steamship for the royal tour of the colonies
* "Alexandra" (1908-1925)
* "Britannia "(Royal Cutter Yacht) (1893-1936)
* "Empress of Australia" (1939)
* HMS "Vanguard" (1947) Battleship used to take George VI and family to South Africa
* "Gothic" (1952-1954)
* "Britannia" (1954-1997)
* "Hebridean princess " (2006)Cruseliner used for the queen's 80th birthday cruise.

References

*cite book |title=Royal Yachts of the World |last=Madge |first= Tim |year=1997 |publisher=Thomas Reed Publications |isbn=0901281743 |pages=pp.182-3
* Fenwick, Valerie and Gale, Alison (1998), "Historic Shipwrecks, Discovered, Protected and Investigated",pp112-113 Tempus Publishing Limited, ISBN 0-7524-1473-9. Describes the "Mary" and mentions "Katherine" and Phineas Pett.
* [http://www.royalmarinesbands.co.uk/history/history%7Bcapbadges1%7D.htm Royal Marines Bands] - mention of Ophir
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9503E5DC1E39EF32A25751C0A9679D946097D6CF&oref=slogin New York Times archive] The end of the Royal Tour of 1901
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9503E5D81F31E132A25754C0A9649C94669ED7CF New York Times archive] Ordering the new yacht in 1897
* [http://www.geocities.com/hampshireanddorsetshipwrecks/5.html Hampshire and Dorset shipwrecks] Collision of HMY Alberta with the Mistletoe
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F07E6D91630E132A25754C2A9609C94669ED7CF New York Times archive] Review of the Fleet 1897