HMS Beagle (A319)

HMS "Beagle" was a "Bulldog" class coastal survey vessel of the Royal Navy.

She was originally to have been called HMS "Barracouta" but her name was changed to HMS "Beagle" in honour of the ship which carried Charles Darwin.

She was built by yacht builder Brooke Marine, to commercial, rather than military, ship standards. She was launched on 7 September 1967 and commissioned the following year. She was the last Royal Navy vessel to have wooden (over steel) decks. She served until 7 February 2002 when she was paid off. She was sold in March that year to a yacht company in Poole for conversion. In 2002 she was refitted into a four deck luxury yacht and renamed MY "Titan". She is able to sleep 22 guests and accommodate 20 crew. [ [http://www.peter-sampson.com/index.php?act=yacht&nocache=1157615010 Website of refit] ]

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*Colledge