For other ships with the same name, see HMS Fairy.
Fairy
History
United Kingdom
Name
HM Yacht Fairy
Builder
Ditchburn & Mare, Leamouth, London
Laid down
1844
Launched
1845
Commissioned
1845
Decommissioned
1863
Fate
Broken up, 1868
General characteristics [1]
Type
Steam yacht
Tons burthen
312 bm
Length
146 ft (45 m)
Beam
21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion
Steam engine, single screw
Sail plan
Full-rigged ship
The Royal Yacht Fairy with Queen Victoria on board, making her way through ships of the fleet anchored in Spithead
HMYFairy was a small royal yacht and tender to the HMY Victoria and Albert (1843). Built in 1844 by Ditchburn and Mare at Leamouth, she was commissioned in 1845.[1]
She was 146 feet long with a beam of 21 feet and was 312 tons burden, and was able to cruise in shallow waters and as well as her duties as a tender, she sailed from London to Scotland, transported Queen Victoria up and back down the Rhine between Cologne and Bingen during her visit to Germany in 1845, and conveyed the royal family to the Isle of Wight. She was replaced by the HMY Alberta in 1863.[1]
^ abc"Royal steam yacht HMY Fairy : National Maritime Museum". nmm.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
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