The Royal Yacht BRITANNIA was
built 1893 for the Prince of Wales.
She was one the most famous and
most
elegant yachts then, and one the
most successful in regattas. Until
1935 she won 231
first
prices in 635 races. According to
the last will of King George V she
was taken out to sea and
scuttled
after his death in 1936. She was
sunk off the Isle of Wight.