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.

New yacht britannia. However plans for a successor ship were shelved by Tony Blairs Labour government the following year. Getty Images Boris Johnson has. Lord Clarke blasts plans for new 200m Royal Yacht Britannia as silly populist nonsense when Covid-hit Britain has no money for it.

The Royal Yacht Britannia was launched by The Queen in 1953 and was retired in 1997 after completing 44 years of service. Britannia welcomes over 390000 visitors a year from all over the world. The Royal Yacht Britannia is a five-star visitor attraction in Edinburgh.

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. 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. 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.

The new national flagship is. 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. Boris Johnsons suggestion that a new yacht be built to honor Prince Philip has stoked the debate.

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. Visit Insiders homepage for more stories. A new national flagship the successor to the Royal Yacht Britannia will promote British trade and industry around the world Boris Johnson has.

Successor to Royal Yacht Britannia to paid for out of Ministry of Defences budget The Scotsman 3 mins ago Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Tumblr Pinterest Reddit VKontakte Odnoklassniki Pocket Skype Messenger Messenger WhatsApp Telegram Viber Line Share via Email Print. To the dismay of the Queen Parliament decommissioned the yacht in 1997 citing upkeep costs. 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.