HMY Britannia

The Britannia was launched at John Brown’s Shipyard in Clydebank on April 16, 1953, two months before the Queen’s coronation and the conquering of Mount Everest.

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McInnes Gardner was appointed as the interior design firm to fit out the Royal Britannia with the drawings still present at the firm in co-operation with Sir Hugh Casson.

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She was decommissioned in Portsmouth on December 11, 1997, after 44 years in service, an occasion which is said to have brought tears to the Queen's eyes. 

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Now retired from royal service, Britannia is permanently berthed at Ocean Terminal, Leith in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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