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# Royal Yacht Britannia · OpenVibe.Tours

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# Royal Yacht Britannia

This ship was commissioned in 1954 and was the royal transport and residence on overseas tours until 1997.

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![Royal Yacht Britannia](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M70PGWVDNSYAS47N40MET5YC) Photo: Akiramenai · Public domain · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AHMY_Britannia.jpg)

- [**Directions** open the map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=55.9822&mlon=-3.1773#map=16/55.9822/-3.1773)
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## Why go

She has a length of 412 ft / 126 m and oil-fired twin turbines; she was also designed to act as a hospital ship in wartime but was never so used. Symbolically her last duty was to bring home the Governor of Hong Kong after the crown colony was handed over to China, and the last scrap of British Empire was ceded to the rising superpower. She was not replaced, in spite of a rearguard action by the flag-waving political right wing.

Source: [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Edinburgh/Leith)

## How to visit

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## Nearby

1. ![Edinburgh Castle](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6Z3RQAEPVCBYRQJESAJ9YCT?w=640)

    

   

   ### [Edinburgh Castle](/place/edinburgh-castle-plc_E42ZHF41GAGCVGT5T78H9WMNCZ)

   

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   Photo: Stephencdickson · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AEdinburgh_Castle_from_the_Grassmarket.jpg)
2. ![Holyrood Palace](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6Z3RXKWC873P258SKWH6VWM?w=640)

    

   

   ### [Holyrood Palace](/place/holyrood-palace-plc_9NP730K5XS6YY3D5C6WVK26D38)

   

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   Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AHolyrood_Palace_-_aerial_-_2025-04-19_04.jpg)
3. ![National Galleries of Scotland: National](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6Z3RAKYSVYNNPY1T76NP6RR?w=640)

    

   

   ### [National Galleries of Scotland: National](/place/national-galleries-of-scotland-national-plc_981J6ESVYX3MV3KVJ1N1TN5P8E)

   

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   Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AScottish_National_Gallery_-_aerial_-_2025-04-19_01.jpg)
4. ![National Museum of Scotland](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6Z3SABB08RWW89TK0MHA3FH?w=640)

    

   

   ### [National Museum of Scotland](/place/national-museum-of-scotland-plc_GH8WRHDZH7J5AZMG3FB486N31X)

   

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   Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Maccoinnich~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMuseum_of_Scotland.jpg)
5. ![Murrayfield Stadium](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M70PJFEWB2YGHT3Z45PGK9GM?w=640)

    

   

   ### [Murrayfield Stadium](/place/murrayfield-stadium-plc_1KE45XSHJ4H0WJQG9PSVEJ5FZT)

   

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   Photo: Photo taken by Vclaw · CC BY-SA 3.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMurrayfield_Stadium_2005-05-13.jpg)
6. ![St Giles](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6Z3S44Q602RKJ19GVDDFJDH?w=640)

    

   

   ### [St Giles](/place/st-giles-plc_EAM196EDR2F562AKDXDN6207VG)

   

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   Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASt_Giles'_Cathedral_-_aerial_-_2025-04-19_04.jpg)

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