KING GEORGE’S YACHT
Britannia to be Scuttled
FINE RACING RECORD (British Official Wireless.) (Received June 22, 5.5 p.m) Rugby, June 20. Britannia, King George’s racing cutter, perhaps the most famous racing yacht in history, is to be scuttled at sea. Orders to this effect have been given by King Edward. Britannia is lying at present on a slipway at Cowes. She will be launched for the last time at the next spring tides on July 7 or July 8, and will-be handed over to the Admiralty. The yacht, which has more than 200 victories to her credit, will be towed out to sea and .then scuttled. The lead keel, weighing 60 tons, will not be taken out of the yacht when she is sunk. Britannia was built for the present King's grandfather, King Edward VII. when he was Prince of Wales. In her 43 years of racing. Britannia started in 025 races and won 231 firsts and 120 other prizes..
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 228, 23 June 1936, Page 9
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160KING GEORGE’S YACHT Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 228, 23 June 1936, Page 9
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