Thursday, June 4, 2015

the Royal Yacht 'Victoria and Albert' in Southampton Graving Dock, England, 1933


This was built in 1899; decommissioned as the Royal Yacht in 1939. She served in WW2 as a depot ship providing accommodation to HMS Excellent, and was broken up in 1954.

Length: 380 feet (115.8 metres)
Beam: 40 feet (12.2 metres)
Tonnage: 4,700
Propulsion: Steam engines, Belleville water-tube boilers

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