P&O said 321 guests would be flown home early as the ship headed back to Southampton, UK, with fewer people on board as this is what is required under maritime law. The Britannia has capacity to ...

In an obvious metaphor, the United Kingdom’s newly crowned queen expressed her hope that the Britannia would be ... globe and double as a wartime hospital ship. In light of the King’s ...

Speaking of the ship's multiple purposes, it stated: "Although designed and built with hospital ship capability ... as a non-combatant Royal Navy ship, Britannia was able to enter sensitive ...

The Royal Yacht Britannia was the British royal family's private yacht from 1953 to 1997. The ship is now a museum open to the public in Edinburgh, Scotland. The tour shows Queen Elizabeth's bedroom, ...

12. Britannia was manned by 220 yachtsmen, 21 officers and three season officers and a Royal Marine band of 26 on royal tours. 13. She was the only vessel in the Navy to have its own 24-hour laundry.

A cruise ship named by the Queen on Tuesday has left Southampton on its maiden voyage. The 3,600-passenger vessel Britannia is the largest cruise ship designed for the British holiday market ...

AMBITIOUS plans drawn up by a city MP to replace the Royal Yacht Britannia with two £150m hospital ships, funded by Britain’s aid budget, have captivated Boris Johnson. Did you know with a ...

Britannia was designed to be converted into a hospital ship in the event of war – although this capability was never used. As The Scotsman reported the speed trials the next day on November 10 ...

The ship arrived in the city with a flotilla of vessels and tug boats spraying water The new Britannia "superliner" has arrived in its home port ahead of its official naming ceremony. The 3,600 ...