H.M.Y. Britannia

Project Description

The Britannia was a royal yacht built for Queen Elizabeth 2, she served between 1953-1997 her role was to take the Queen and other members of the royal family around the world on good will visits to the far reaches of the commonwealth, many of which were very small isolated islands incapable of supporting landing strips for aircraft and so the only way to reach them was by sea.

In a spending review new labour decided that the yacht was too much of a luxury and decommissioned her this resulted in all the benefits Britannia gave the United Kingdom being unnecessarily lost by a short sited government, she now resides in Edinburgh as a tourist attraction.

In my painting I wanted to show the Yacht in all her glory she was arguably one of the most beautiful ships of the time and her clean lines and uncluttered profile make for a very striking painting.

This painting is now available through the Arcs of fire gallery in Falmouth (please contact the gallery for the price of the original or prints)