HMY Fairy

HMY "Fairy" was built in 1844 and commissioned in 1845 as a small royal yacht and tender to the HMY "Victoria and Albert". She was 146 feet long with a beam of 21 feet and was 312 burden tonnes and was built by D I Titchburn of Blackwall, London. She was able to cruise in shallow waters and as well as her duties as a tender, she sailed from London to Scotland and conveyed the Royal family to the Isle of Wight. She was replaced by the "Alberta" in 1863.

References

* [http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=SLR0823 National Maritime Museum]