HMY Victoria and Albert (1899)

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HMY Victoria and Albert
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMY Victoria and Albert
Namesake	Queen Victoria & Albert, Prince Consort
Builder	Pembroke Dock
Cost	£572,000
Launched	9 May 1899
Sponsored by	Duchess of York
Commissioned	23 July 1901
Decommissioned	1939
Fate	Broken up, 1954
General characteristics
Type	Royal Yacht
Displacement	4,700 tons
Length	420 ft (128.0 m) LOA 380 ft (115.8 m) LBP
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draught	18 ft (5.5 m)
Decks	five
Propulsion	Humphrys, Tennant and Co. steam engines 15 Belleville water-tube boilers
Speed	17 kn (20 mph; 31 km/h) sustained 20 kn (23 mph; 37 km/h) maximum
Complement	336

HMY Victoria and Albert was a royal yacht of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. The yacht was designed by the Chief Constructor of the Royal Navy Sir William White, launched in 1899 and ready for service in 1901. This was the third yacht to be named Victoria and Albert and she was fitted with steam engines fired by Belleville water-tube boilers. She served four sovereigns, and was decommissioned as royal yacht in 1939, served in the Second World War, and was broken up in 1954.