Brass Inkwell Made of Material of the HMY Britannia

HMY Britannia (1893-1936)

His Majesty's Yacht Britannia was a gaff-rigged cutter built in 1893 for RYS Commodore Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. She served both himself and his son, King George V, with a long racing career.


Britannia was ordered in 1892 by the Prince of Wales and designed by George Lennox Watson. She was a near sister ship to the Watson-designed Valkyrie II, which challenged for the 1893 America's Cup. Details of the commission were arranged on the Prince's behalf by William Jamieson, who represented him and liaised closely with Watson.

King George V's dying wish was for his beloved yacht to follow him to the grave. On 10 July 1936, after Britannia had been stripped of her spars and fittings, her hull was towed out to St Catherine's Deep near the Isle of Wight, and she was sunk.

Britannia's fittings were fashioned into tokens of memorabilia, such as the inkwell below:







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