A new national flagship the successor to the Royal Yacht Britannia will promote British trade and industry around the world Boris Johnson has.

New yacht britannia. In her 43 years on the seas she travelled over a million nautical miles around the globe taking the Queen and Philip to such far-flung destinations as Fiji Kuwait and San Diego. The Royal Yacht Britannia was launched by The Queen in 1953 and was retired in 1997 after completing 44 years of service. UK yacht designer Andrew Winch made drawings of the proposed replacement for Royal Britannia in 1997 but any notion of a new royal yacht was.

From 1953 to 1997 the Royal Family sailed around the world on the Royal Yacht Britannia. However plans for a successor ship were shelved by Tony Blairs Labour government the following year. The new national flagship is.

A new national yacht which is reportedly set to cost 200m will be paid for out of the Ministry of Defences budget Downing Street has confirmed. To the dismay of the Queen Parliament decommissioned the yacht in 1997 citing upkeep costs. Boris Johnsons suggestion that a new yacht be built to honor Prince Philip has stoked the debate.

Getty Images Boris Johnson has. The new yacht will be announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson within weeks HMY Britannia was controversially decommissioned by Labour prime minister Tony Blair in 1997. Lord Clarke blasts plans for new 200m Royal Yacht Britannia as silly populist nonsense when Covid-hit Britain has no money for it.

The successor to the Royal Yacht Britannia will not be named after the late Duke of Edinburgh as Prime Minister Boris Johnson had hoped. The Royal Yacht Britannia is a five-star visitor attraction in Edinburgh. After visiting Britannia in 1996 he wrote articles on the history of the royal yacht which were edited by Prince Philip and published in The Naval Architect and Ships Monthly.

The new 200m ship will replace the Royal Yacht Britannia which was the 83rd and last last royal yacht after Tony Blair opted to not build a replacement. In service from 1954 until 1997 the original Royal Yacht Britannia was the 83rd official royal yacht of a British monarch since Charles II became King in 1660. New Royal Yacht Britannia will pay for itself many many times over Health Secretary steps in to defend project after former Tory chancellor Lord Clarke calls it a complete.