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Britannia may refer to any one of a large number of ships:
- Britannia(1772 ship) was launched at South Carolina in 1772 and sailed as a merchant vessel until 1798. She then engaged in whaling until 1808, when she returned to being a merchant vessel until 1816, which is the last year in which she is listed.
- Britannia(1772 EIC ship), a merchantman built by the Bombay Dockyard and rebuilt there in 1778. She then made 12 voyages as an East Indiaman under the ownership of the British East India Company (EIC) before wrecking off Brazil in 1805. She was built of teak and was the first East Indiaman trading between England and India and China to demonstrate the qualities of teak in ship construction.[1]
- Britannia(1774 ship), a 500-ton (bm) merchantman built in 1774 that made five voyages for the British East India Company, on one of which she transported convicts to Australia in a voyage noted for the death toll due to the captain's brutality. She then became a whaler in the South Seas Fishery.
- Britannia, of 177 tons (bm), was built in France in 1774. The British captured her in 1781 and Liverpool merchants purchased her.[2] She appears to have been lost in 1793 whilst on a voyage from Arkhangelsk, Russia to a British port.[3]
- Britannia(1782 ship), a 234-ton (bm) vessel launched at Newfoundland in 1782; she was returning from a whaling voyage in July 1793 when a French privateer captured her.
- Britannia(1783 ship), was a ship of 296 tons (bm) launched at Sunderland in 1783. Between 1791 and 1796 she was at Australia. She returned to Britain in 1797. Between 1798 and 1822 she served as a Greenland whaler, and then between 1822 and 1837 as a South Seas whaler. From 1837 she served as a collier, and is no longer listed after 1845.
- Britannia(1783 Maryport ship), launched at Maryport in 1783, made two and possibly three whaling voyages between 1793 and 1797. She is no longer listed in Lloyd's Register after 1795.
- Britannia(1783 Saltcoats ship) was launched at Saltcoats in 1783; she made two slave trading voyages, almost being wrecked in 1793 after the first and the French capturing her in 1795 as she was on her way from Africa to the West Indies on her second slave trading voyage.
- Britannia(1783 whaler), a 301-ton (bm) whaler built in 1783 at Bridport that made two voyages transporting convicts to New South Wales; wrecked in 1806 off the coast of Australia
- Britannia(1788 ship) was launched at New Brunswick in 1788. She was captured in 1797 on her second slave trading voyage.
- Britannia, of 206 tons (bm) was launched in 1788 in Scotland.[4] She was under the command of Captain D. Martin when she wrecked on 8 February 1794 in the Wreck of the Ten Sail.[5]
- Britannia, of 91 tons, was launched at Plymouth in 1791. A French privateer captured and burnt her as Britannia was sailing from London to Mogadore via Gibraltar.[6]
- Britannia(1794 ship), was a 384-ton (bm) merchantman launched on the Thames in 1794; she made one voyage for the British East India Company before the French privateer Huron captured her in 1798 on the return leg of a second. HMS Endymion recaptured her shortly thereafter.[7] She then became a West Indiaman; she was lost c.1801.
- Britannia, of 211 tons (bm), had been launched at Kirkcaldy in 1798. She was owned by Bissett & Co.[8] On 16 February 1807 a French privateer captured Britannia, Gibbs, master, which was sailing from London to Jamaica. The next day HMS Pert recaptured Britannia and sent her into Barbados.[9]
- Britannia(1798 ship) was captured from the Dutch c.1798. She made one complete whaling voyage in 1799–1800 to the South Seas fishery, before the Spanish captured her in 1801 at the Galapagos Islands.
- Britannia(1802 ship) was built at Hull in 1802 and sailed as a West Indiaman. In 1804 she succeeded in repelling the attack of a French privateer in a notable single-ship action, but blew up in an accidental explosion in Cork harbour in 1806.
- Britannia(1806 EIC ship) was an East Indiaman launched in 1806 and wrecked on the Goodwin Sands in 1809
- Britannia(1815 steamship) was Glasgow paddle steamer serving western Scotland ports, and later Londonderry. She was wrecked in 1829 at Donaghadee
- Britannia (1829), a 411-ton (bm) ship-rigged merchantman
- Britannia, a 270-ton (bm) brig that sank off Australia in 1839
- RMS Britannia (1840), a pioneering transatlantic paddle steamer, the first in a class of Cunard Lines ships
- MV Britannia(1983), a tourboat based in Coal Harbour, Vancouver
- MV Britannia(2015), a cruise liner built for P&O Cruises
- 2Citations and references
Britannia Cruise Ship Itinerary
See also[edit]
- Britannia-class steamship, wooden paddlers of Cunard Lines carrying transatlantic passengers and mail, named after the first such ship (1840)
- Britannia Seaways (formerly Tor Britannia), a ro-ro cargo ship of 2000 operated by DFDS Seaways
- HMS Britannia(disambiguation), multiple Royal Navy warships
- HMY Britannia(Royal Cutter Yacht), British Royal Racing Yacht 1893–1936
- HMY Britannia, a British Royal Yacht 1954–97
- K1 Britannia, a 1994 replica of the 1893 royal racing yacht HMY Britannia
- SS Britannia(disambiguation), multiple steamships
Citations and references[edit]
Citations[edit]
- ^Hackman (2001), p. 72.
- ^Craig and Jarvis (1967), p. 128.
- ^'The Marine List'. Lloyd's List (2553). 22 October 1793.
- ^Lloyd's Register (1794), Seq. №313.
- ^Lloyd's List №2596.
- ^Lloyd's List №2555.
- ^'No. 15143'. The London Gazette. 4 June 1799. p. 557.
- ^Lloyd's Register (1807), seq. no. B489.
- ^Lloyd's List, n° 4145 - accessed 12 November 2015.
References[edit]
- Craig, Robert, & Rupert Jarvis (1967) Liverpool Registry of Merchant Ships. (Manchester University Press for the Chetham Society), Series 3, vol. 15.
- Hackman, Rowan (2001), Ships of the East India Company. (Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society). ISBN0-905617-96-7
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name: | Britannia |
Owner: | Carnival Corporation & plc |
Operator: | P&O Cruises |
Port of registry: | Southampton, U.K. |
Ordered: | 2011 |
Builder: | Fincantieri, Monfalcone, Italy |
Cost: | £473 million |
Yard number: | 6231 |
Laid down: | 15 May 2013 |
Launched: | 14 February 2014 |
Christened: | 10 March 2015 by Queen Elizabeth II |
Completed: | 26 February 2015 |
Maiden voyage: | 14 March 2015 |
In service: | 14 March 2015 |
Identification: | Call sign: 2HHG5IMO number: 9614036MMSI number: 235106595 |
Status: | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | |
Tonnage: | 143,730 GT[1] |
Length: | 330 m (1,083 ft) |
Beam: | 44 m (144 ft) |
Height: | 70.67 m (232 ft) |
Draft: | 8.3 m |
Decks: | 15 passenger decks |
Installed power: | Total shaft power 36 000 kW. |
Propulsion: | Wärtsilä 12V46F x 2 & Wärtsilä 14V46F x 2 & propulsion electric motors - 2 x VEM Sachsenwerk GMBH |
Speed: | 21.9 kn (40.6 km/h; 25.2 mph) @ 136 rev/min |
Capacity: | 3,647 passengers |
Crew: | 1,398 officers and crew |
MV Britannia is a cruise ship of the P&O Cruises fleet. She was built by Fincantieri at its shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy.[2]
At 143,000 GT, Britannia is the largest of six ships currently in service with P&O Cruises and she is also the flagship of the fleet, taking the honour from Oriana. She officially entered service on 14 March 2015,[3] and was named by Queen Elizabeth II. Her first captain was Paul Brown.
Britannia features a 94 metres (308 ft) Union Flag on her bow, the largest of its kind in the world.[4]
Naming and construction[edit]
Britannia was ordered in 2011 and was laid down on 15 May 2013.[5] The ship was built at the Fincantieri yard at Monfalcone in Italy.
The name Britannia was announced on 24 September 2013 and has historical importance for P&O, as there have been two previous ships named Britannia connected with the company. The first entered service in 1835 for the General Steam Navigation Company, which went on to become the Peninsular Steam Navigation Company. The second, which entered service in 1887, was one of four ships ordered by the company to mark the golden jubilee of both Queen Victoria and P&O itself.
The ceremonial float out of the third Britannia took place on the afternoon of 14 February 2014, with the traditional champagne bottle smashed against the vessel's hull.
Britannia departed the Fincantieri ship yard on 27 February 2015 for Southampton via Gibraltar. Britannia was officially named on 10 March 2015 by Queen Elizabeth II at the Ocean Terminal.
Facilities[edit]
On board, Britannia features 13 bars as well as 13 restaurants and cafés.[6]
TV chef James Martin developed 'The Cookery Club' on board Britannia. The venue features celebrity chefs/cooks such as Mary Berry, James Tanner, Antonio Carluccio, Paul Rankin and Pierre Koffman. Eric Lanlard has his own patisserie, Market Café, in the ship's atrium. He also created an upgraded afternoon tea service in the Epicurean restaurant. Atul Kochhar, of the Michelin-starred Benares restaurant in London, supervises menus in Sindhu (as also seen on fleetmates Ventura and Azura). Marco Pierre White creates menu items served in the main restaurants on gala nights.[7] The ship has a 936-seat theatre.[8]
Britannia has a total of 1,837 cabins with 27 of those being single cabins (inside and balcony), in addition to conventional inside and balcony cabins; 64 of the cabins are designated as suites. For the first time on a P&O Cruises ship, all outside cabins have balconies.
Britannia has four pools including a dedicated pool for teenagers, and the Oasis Spa.
Maiden voyage and itineraries[edit]
Britannia's maiden voyage took place 14–28 March 2015, and included visits to Spain, Italy and France.
During her summer season, Britannia sails to the Mediterranean, Norwegian fjords, the Baltic, Canary Islands and Atlantic Islands. In winter, the ship operates 14-night Caribbean itineraries.
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway was recorded and shown live on board as the final show of the 13th series, on 2 April 2016.
Similar ships[edit]
In 2013 Princess Cruises began operating the lead vessel in its Royal Class, Royal Princess.[9]Britannia is built to the same template, but is very different in its character and exterior appearance.[10] The second ship of the Royal Class, Regal Princess, was delivered 11 May 2014 to Princess Cruises. The latest Royal Class ship, Majestic Princess, entered service 30 March 2017.
References[edit]
- ^'Britannia (9614036)'. LR Class Direct. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^'Italy: Keel Laid for P&O Cruises' 141,000-Ton Cruise Ship'. World Maritime News. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ^'Britannia Cruise Ship | P&O Cruises'. P&O Cruises. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
- ^'P&O Cruises Unveils New Look'. Cruise Critic. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^'P&O Cruises New Ship, 2015'. P&O Cruises. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ^'P&O Britannia: Britain's newest and biggest cruise ship'. Telegraph Travel. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/captain-greybeard/2014/02/whats-cooking-brigade-of-food-.html
- ^'P&O Cruises Reveals New Ship Interiors, Maiden Voyages, Celebrity Chefs'. Cruise Critic. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^'UK: Duchess of Cambridge Christens New Ship 'Royal Princess''. World Maritime News. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ^Macmillan, Sally (26 March 2015). 'P&O's new Britannia cruise ship: continuing a great British maritime tradition'. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
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- 'Is Britannia a recipe for success at sea?' – review by Teresa Machan in The Daily Telegraph, London, of the maiden voyage of Britannia
- 'On board P&O Cruises’ new supership Britannia - but how does it shape up at sea?' – review by John Honeywell on Mirror Online of the maiden voyage of Britannia