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A Royal Yacht is a ship used by a monarch or a royal family. If the monarch is an emperor the proper term is Imperial Yacht. Most of them are financed by the government of the country of which the monarch is head. The Royal Yacht is most often manned by personnel from the navy and used by the monarch and his/her family on both private and official travels. Louis XIV, king of France and Navarre (Painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1701). ...
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Types of Boats used
Some royal yachts have been/are small vessels only used for short trips on rivers or in calm waters, but others have been/are large seaworthy ships.
History Depending on how the term is defined royal yachts date back to the days of antiquity with royal barges on the Nile in ancient Egypt.
Later the Vikings produced royal vessels. They followed the pattern of longships although highly decorated and fitted with purple sails (purple sails remained standard for royal vessels the next 400 years).[1]
In England Henry V sold off the Royal Yachts to clear the Crown's debts. The next royal vessels in England were built in the Tudor period with Henry VIII using a vessel in 1520 that was depicted as having cloth of gold sails.[2] James I had the disdain a ship in miniature (she was later recorded as being able to carry about 30 tons) built for his son Prince Henry. The disdain was significant in that she allowed for pleasure cruising and as a result can be seen as an early move away from Royal ships as warships. Henry V may refer to: Henry V of England Henry V of France Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor Henry V, one of the Shakespearean histories, based on Henry V of Englands life Henry V, a 1944 film adaptation of the play Henry V, a 1989 film adaptation of the...
Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ...
See James VI of Scotland and I of England James I of Scotland James I of Aragon James I of Sicily James I of Cyprus This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
The first ships to unquestionably qualify as Royal Yachts were those owned by Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. The first was a gift from the Dutch but latter yachts were commissioned and built in England. This established a tradition of royal yachts in Britain that was latter copied by other royal families of Europe. Through the 19th century royal yachts got larger as they became a symbol of national wealth. World war 1 brought this trend to an end and the royal families that survived found it harder to justify the cost with the result that there are only two Royal Yachts left in use in Europe. For the most part royal yachts have been superseded by the use of warships in this role, as royal yachts are often seen as a hard-to-justify expenditure. In addition most monarchies with a railway system employ a special set of royal carriages. Most monarchies also employ aircraft as a luxurious (and much more speedy and timely) mode of transportation. For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...
USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga class cruiser. ...
Class 67 67005 Queens Messenger brings up the rear of the Royal Train as it heads along the Dawlish sea front on 15 September 2004. ...
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Yachts by country
Denmark The Danish royal family have had several royal yachts. Two of them have been named Dannebrog. - HDMY Elephanten (1687–21)
- HDMY Sophia Amalia (1650–?)
- HDMY Kiel (1824–40)
- HDMY Ægir (1841–55)
- HDMY Slesvig (1855–79)
- HDMS Jylland A frigate which served as a Royal Yacht on occasion 1874–55
- HDMY Dannebrog (1879–32)
- HDMY Dannebrog (1932–present)
Year 1650 (MDCL) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ...
1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Year 1855 (MDCCCLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Year 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
For the bird, see Frigatebird. ...
Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Year 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Year 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
HDMS Dannebrog (A540) is a ship of the Royal Danish Navy. ...
Egypt - Mahroussa aka. El Horria 1866–1951. Built for Isma'il Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt. She passed the Suez Canal during its opening. Lengthened twice, converted from paddle steamer to screws. Now serves as a school ship for the Egyptian Navy.
El Horria (originally called Mahroussa) was a Royal Yacht built for Ismail Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt in 1865. ...
1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...
Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Ismail Pasha Ismail Pasha, known as Ismail the Magnificent (December 31, 1830–March 2, 1895) (Arabic: إسماعيل باشا), was khedive of Egypt from 1863 until he was removed at the behest of the British in 1879. ...
For the HMS Khedive, see USS Cordova. ...
Although the Egyptian Navy was the smallest branch of the military, it is large by Middle Eastern standards. ...
Germany During the German Empire The Kaiser used these Yachts: For German colonial territories, see German Colonial Empire. ...
- SMY Hohenzollern 1878–1912, renamed SMY Kaiseradler in 1892
- SMY Hohenzollern II 1893–1914
- SMY Hohenzollern III built in 1914 but never finished
1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Year 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Netherlands - De Groene Draeck (1957–present)
Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ...
Norway King Haakon VII received the Royal Yacht Norge as a gift from the people of Norway in 1947. The Royal Yacht is owned by the King but maintained and manned by the Royal Norwegian Navy. Before this other Navy ships had served as royal sea transport and the King used some smaller boats for short trips mostly on official occasions. King Haakon VII King Haakon VII of Norway, Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel (August 3, 1872 - September 21, 1957) was the first King of Norway after the dissolution of the personal union with Sweden in 1905. ...
Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Ranks Norwegian military ranks The Royal Norwegian Navy (often abbreviated as RNoN) is the branch of the Norwegian Defence Force responsible for naval operations. ...
HNoMS Heimdal was a Norwegian warship built at Akers Mek. ...
Year 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Kongesjaluppen (KSJ) Stjernen I is a boat formerly used by the King of Norway for short sea transport on official occasions. ...
Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Oman - Zinat al bihaar built in Oman under a design of British naval architect Colin Mudie, she resembles a dhow.
- Al Noores (36 m): Tug yacht, dutch built
- Loaloat al Behar (103 m) was built in Picchiotti Shipyard in Italy.
- Fulk Al Salamah (136 m) was commissioned in 1982. It was built on Lurssen ship yard (ex Bremer Vulkan shipyard) in Germany
- Al Said Yacht (155 m) was built in Lurssen Yard in Bremen, Germany. It arrived at Oman in 2007. It costs about $500+ million.
- M/Y Sultan (Still a concept yacht)
Portugal - Veloz (22,6 m): 1858
- Sirius (22,5 m): 1876
- Amélia I (35 m): 1888;
- Amélia II (45 m): 1897;
- Amélia III (55 m): 1898;
- Amélia IV (70 m): 1901.
The Portuguese King Charles I used four sucessive royal yachts, all named Amélia, after his wife, Queen Amélie of Orleans. These yatchs were, mainly, used by Charles I his oceanographic missions. It was in the Amélia IV that King Manuel II and the Portuguese Royal Familly leaved the country for the exile, after the republican revolution of 5th October 1910. In the republican regime the Amélia IV was renamed NRP 5 de Outubro and operated by the Portuguese Navy. Year 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Year 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) // January 31 - United States orders all Indigenous peoples in the United States to move onto reservations February 2 - The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed. ...
Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Year 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Carlos, King of Portugal (Eng. ...
King Manuel II (r: 1908–1910) Manuel II, King of Portugal KG GCVO (pron. ...
October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ...
Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Portuguese naval jack The Portuguese Navy (Portuguese: Marinha Portuguesa, also known as Marinha de Guerra Portuguesa or as Armada Portuguesa) is the naval branch of the Portuguese Armed Forces which, in cooperation with the other branches of the Portuguese military, is charged with the defence of Portugal. ...
Russia Yachts employed by the Tzar of Russia: [3] 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Year 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Year 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
For other uses, see 1905 (disambiguation). ...
Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...
Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...
Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ...
1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...
Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ...
1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...
Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...
For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ...
Saudi Arabia Saudi Royal Yachts have included the following: This article is about the year. ...
Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud (Arabic: ) (born January 5, 1928 in Riyadh) is the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. ...
Al-Riyadh (Arabic: الرياض) is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Riyadh that is currently playing in the First Division (second level). ...
Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1865 (MDCCLXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ...
For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ...
United Kingdom -
The United Kingdom has had 83 royal yachts since the restoration of King Charles II in 1660. Charles II himself had 25 Royal Yachts, while five were simultaneously in service in 1831. Since the decommissioning of Britannia in 1997 the Queen does not have a royal yacht. HMY Victoria and Albert, a 360 foot steamer launched 16 January 1855, was a Royal Yacht of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom until 1900, owned and operated by the Royal Navy. ...
El Horria (originally called Mahroussa) was a Royal Yacht built for Ismail Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt in 1865. ...
This is a list of Royal Yachts of the United Kingdom. ...
Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. ...
// Events January 1 - Colonel George Monck with his regiment crosses from Scotland to England at the village of Coldstream and begins advance towards London in support of English Restoration. ...
Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Her Majestys Yacht Britannia was the 83rd Royal Yacht since the restoration of King Charles II in 1660. ...
For the band, see 1997 (band). ...
Other Nations Other nations that employ some form of yacht presently or in the past include China, Iran, Russia, and Sweden.
The United States in the past employed presidential yachts which functioned identically, serving the US President. Most notably was the USS Potomac (1936–1945) and the USS Williamsburg (1945–53). The most recent presidential yacht was the USS Sequoia (1933–77). Earlier vessels included the USS Mayflower (1906–29), damaged by fire during the Great Depression. USS Potomac The USS Potomac (AG-25) was Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s presidential yacht from 1936 until his death in 1945. ...
UUSS Sequoia USS Sequoia plays a role in a medal presentation event USS Sequoia is a former United States presidential yacht currently in private ownership but as of November 2004 sought for repurchase by the U.S. government. ...
USS Mayflower (PY-1) (later as USCG Mayflower (WPG-183)) was the second ship in the United States Navy to have that name. ...
For other uses, see The Great Depression (disambiguation). ...
Turkey also bought the Savarona as a presidential yacht for Kemal Atatürk in 1938, but it was later used as a school ship for the Turkish Navy. The MV Savarona (also sometimes M/Y, for motor yacht) is a luxury yacht. ...
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–10 November 1938), until 1934 Gazi Mustafa Kemal Pasha, Turkish army officer and revolutionist statesman, was the founder and the first President of the Republic of Turkey. ...
Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Seal of the Turkish Navy The Turkish Navy (Turkish: ) is a branch of the Turkish Armed Forces. ...
UAE the Government of Dubai employs the super yacht Dubai- ex Platinum and Golden star UAE redirects here; for other uses of that term, see UAE (disambiguation) The United Arab Emirates is an oil-rich country situated in the south-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia, comprising seven emirates: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Quwain. ...
See also Class 67 67005 Queens Messenger brings up the rear of the Royal Train as it heads along the Dawlish sea front on 15 September 2004. ...
Some nations maintain one or more special aircraft to transport their heads of state and government. ...
An official state car is a car used to transport heads of state. ...
Sources - Article in Vi Menn magazine number 31 2006
- ^ Madge, Tim (1997). "2", Royal Yachts of the world. Thomas Reed Publications, p21. ISBN 0 901281 74 3.
- ^ Madge, Tim (1997). "2", Royal Yachts of the world. Thomas Reed Publications, p25. ISBN 0 901281 74 3.
- ^ A private web page dedicated to the Standart
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