The Royal Yacht Britannia lies in dock here next to the centre.

Queen Elizabeth II and President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally opened the Seaway with a short cruise aboard Royal Yacht Britannia after addressing the crowds in St. Lambert, Quebec.

* The former Royal Yacht Britannia, the Royal Family's personal yacht, recently retired in Leith, Edinburgh Scotland.

In recent years Leith has undergone significant regeneration and is now a busy port with visits from cruise liners and the home of the Royal Yacht Britannia, Ocean Terminal, and administrative offices for several departments of the Scottish Government.

Further large-scale service and tourist development followed, including the Ocean Terminal complex and the permanently moored Royal Yacht Britannia.

The last British Royal Yacht, the post World War II HMY Britannia, was ostensibly constructed in a way as to be easily convertible to a hospital ship, but this is now thought to be largely a ruse to ensure Parliamentary funding, and she never served in this role-reputedly her lifts were too small to take standard-sized stretchers.

Redwood's policies were tax cuts, reduced public spending, opposing the closure of popular local hospitals, Britain's non-participation in a Single Currency, extended right-to-buy public housing schemes, keeping the Royal Yacht Britannia, and carrying on with the Northern Ireland peace process.

The announcement was made by the Queen at the end of her tour of New Zealand on 7 March 1977, from the Royal Yacht HMY Britannia in Lyttelton Harbour.

Similarly, the Royal Yacht Britannia, which was a commissioned ship in the Royal Navy, was known as HMY Britannia.

Britannia Yacht Club inner harbour with Charlotte Whitton utility crane

At the Britannia Yacht Club, a utility crane in the inner harbour was named Charlotte Whitton in honour of the former mayor of Ottawa.

Their visit aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia included stops in Philadelphia, Washington, D. C., Virginia, New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.

The Royal Arms ( and motto ) appear on many British government official documents ( e. g. the front of current British passports ); on packaging and stationery of companies operating under Royal Warrant ( e. g. the banner of The Times ( London ), which uses the Royal coat of arms of Great Britain circa 1714 to 1800 ; and are used by other entities so distinguished by the British monarch ( e. g. as the official emblem of the Royal Yacht Britannia ).

In the 1960s, war plans apparently envisaged evacuating the Sovereign to the Royal Yacht Britannia.

The now-decommissioned Royal Yacht Britannia, which is accessed via the Britannia Visitor Centre within Ocean Terminal, is permanently berthed next to the building and can be viewed from the centre.

* Royal Yacht Britannia

* Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Woodard, Commander of the Royal Yacht Britannia ( 1985 – 1990 )

The Britannia Cup is awarded to the winner of the class nominated by the Royal Yacht Squadron on the Tuesday of the event, this is usually IRC Class 0 or IRC Class 1.

Laurence served briefly as Navigating Officer of the Royal Yacht HMY Britannia, and 1980 to 1982 in the same role on the destroyer HMS Sheffield.

Britannia Yacht Club in Ottawa, Ontario Clubhouse & Marquis tent

New Edinburgh Boat Club plaque c 1932 at the Britannia Yacht Club

File: Britannia Yacht Club starter cannon. jpg | Britannia Yacht Club Regatta starter cannon

It is the home of several aircraft, including BAe Jetstream 41 prototype G-JMAC and Bristol Britannia G-ANCF, preserved by the Jetstream Club.

The Britannia Trophy is presented by the Royal Aero Club for aviators accomplishing the most meritorious performance in aviaton during the previous year.

In 1989 they were renamed the Britannia Music Awards to echo sponsorship by Britannia Music Club and this was shortened to BRIT Awards.

The Football Academy UK opened in July 2007 on the site of the Britannia Sports Club in Langston Road.

However the Club instead decided to build a new ground and so in 1997 Stoke left the Victoria Ground after 119 years for the new modern 28, 000 seater Britannia Stadium.

Francis Amyott, from the Britannia Club, won the single canoeing event when it was held for the first time at the Berlin Olympic Games in 1936.

The Britannia Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, England and the home of Premier League club Stoke City Football Club.

The Britannia Cruise Terminal, which was opened in July 1999 and again refurbished in 2005 has seen the likes of Royal Caribbean, Azamara, Club Cruises, Saga and Crystal Cruises use it as a start point for excursions in the wider Dorset region and beyond.

File: Britannia Yacht Club regatta starter gun. jpg | Britannia Yacht Club Regatta starter rifle

Although East Stirlingshire's official date of formation is 1881, their origins can be traced to the previous year, when Bainsford Bluebonnets Cricket Club formed a football section under the name Bainsford Britannia.

Britannia Bay Boating Club now Britannia Yacht Club 1896 by William James Topley

J. R. Booth leased a property on Lac Deschênes to the Britannia Bay Boating Club ; designed by Edgar Lewis Horwood, the clubhouse was opened in 1896.

In 1905-6, Thomas Ahearn, head of the Ottawa Electric Railway built a new clubhouse, known as the Britannia Boating Club House.

When Hadrian reached Britannia on his famous tour of the Roman provinces around 120, he directed an extensive defensive wall, known to posterity as Hadrian's Wall, to be built close to the line of the Stanegate frontier.

The second Duke of Edinburgh, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, visited the islands in 1957 as part of a world tour on board the royal yacht Britannia.

Her tour aboard Britannia to the British colonies in the Caribbean in 1955 created a sensation throughout the West Indies, and calypsos were dedicated to her.

* Britannia. com Detailed tour

In 1997 Britannia formed a wholly owned subsidiary, Britannia GmbH, based in Germany to operate long and short-haul flights from airports in Germany, Switzerland and Austria for German tour operators, but this was closed in March 2001.

File: Waiter 1732 LA. jpg | Lamerie's maker's mark for 1732 on underside of a Britannia gauge waiter

Waiter of 1732, with Britannia gauge mark