HMY Victoria and Albert (1855)

HMY Victoria and Albert, a 360-foot (110 m) steamer launched 16 January 1855, was a royal yacht of the sovereign of the United Kingdom until 1900, owned and operated by the Royal Navy. She displaced 2,390 tons,[1] and could make 15 knots (28 km/h) on her paddles. There were 240 crew.

Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Abdulaziz, emperor of the Ottoman Empire, on the Royal yacht during the Sultan's official visit, 1867, by George Housman Thomas, depicting the Sultan's official visit to United Kingdom.
For other ships with the same name, see HMY Victoria and Albert.

A painting of HMY Victoria and Albert by William Frederick Mitchell
History
Name: HMY Victoria and Albert
Namesake: Queen Victoria and Albert, Prince Consort
Launched: 16 January 1855
Fate: Scrapped, c.1904
General characteristics
Type: Royal yacht
Displacement: 2390 tons when deep
Length: 360 ft (110 m)
Beam: 40 ft (12 m)
Installed power: 2,400 ihp (1,800 kW)[1]
Propulsion: Steam engine
Twin paddles
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement: 240

Career

The Queen made her first cruise in her on 12 July 1855.[1]

On 3 June 1859, Victoria and Albert ran aground in the Scheldt whilst on a voyage from Gravesend, Kent to Antwerp, Belgium.[2]

The ship was used by Prince Arthur on the occasion of his visit to Heligoland in 1872.[3]

Victoria and Albert was replaced by HMY Victoria and Albert (1899) in 1901 and scrapped in about 1904.

El Horria was built to the same specifications for Isma'il Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt in 1865 and survives today, although heavily altered.

Notable commanding officers

Notes
  1. Mrs. M. Griffith (1894). "Queen Victoria's Yacht The Victoria and Albert". The Strand Magazine – via Digital History Project. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  2. "Her Majestey's Yacht Ashore". The Times (23325). London. 6 June 1859. col E, p. 10.
  3. Rüger, p68
  4. The Navy List (1891), p. 264
  5. David Gagan (1973). The Denison Family of Toronto: 1792-1925. University of Toronto Press. p. 42. ISBN 9781487597368. george.

References
  • Rüger, Jan (2017) Heligoland: Britain, Germany and the Struggle for the North Sea Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-967246-2.
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