- HMS Beagle (A319)
HMS "Beagle" was a "Bulldog" class coastal
survey vessel of theRoyal 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 inPoole 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] ]References
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