Royal Yachts

Publication Date15th December 2016

Book FormatPaperback

pages160

Illustrations125

Height248

Width172

A history of Royal Yachts and ships of state, both from Britain and abroad, from the Norman Conquest to the present day.
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ISBN
9781445657844

Using his personal ship, Mora, William, Duke of Normandy, invaded Britain with a fl eet of similar ships. It was the fi rst of a long line of ships with Royal associations. The word ‘yacht’ did not come into British usage until the seventeenth century, it being a Dutch word. King Charles II, while in exile in the Netherlands, spent much time sailing statenyachts and had one brought to England when he was crowned. This 100-ton vessel, with its gold decoration, was the fi rst proper British royal yacht and started a long line of eighty-three different vessels that fi nished with the Royal Yacht Britannia, which is now moored at Leith as a fl oating museum.

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