Ships

Royal yacht Britannia launched at John Browns shipyard, Clydebank.
Royal yacht Britannia launched at John Browns shipyard, Clydebank. Her Majesty’s Yacht Britannia is the former royal yacht of the British monarchy. She was in their service from 1954 until 1997. She was the 83rd such vessel since King Charles II acceded to the throne in 1660, and is the second royal yacht to bear the name, the first being the racing cutter built for the Prince of Wales in 1893. During her 43-year career, the yacht travelled more than a million nautical miles around the world to more than 600 ports in 135 countries. …

The 703-ton Sirius, the 1st ship to cross the Atlantic entirely under steam arrives in NY
The 703-ton Sirius, the 1st ship to cross the Atlantic entirely under steam arrives in NY SS Sirius was a wooden-hulled sidewheel steamship built in 1837 by Robert Menzies & Sons of Leith, Scotland for the London-Cork route operated by the Saint George Steam Packet Company. …