Never To Sail In Her: Queen Victoria's Last Royal Yacht

Ask anyone the name of our last Royal Yacht and the majority will tell you Britannia, many of them with a recollection of the Yacht herself, so much was she a part of British life. Ask those same folk the name of Britannia\u2019s predecessor and you will, more likely than not, be met with a puzzled glance, such is the obscurity of H.M.Y. Victoria & Albert III.\nThat obscurity is now addressed. The career of Queen Victoria\u2019s last Royal Yacht is chronicled in great detail, from conception in the late 1890s through nearly half a century of service to her final demolition. Published primarily as a matter of record, just three hundred numbered copies have been produced to meet the needs of museums and archives, organisations, enthusiasts and individuals by means of a beautifully produced volume, which is sure to become a rare and precious heirloom.\nQueen Victoria and her family, her Government Ministers and her Admirals all had their opinions about a new Royal Yacht. The visits .