| has gloss | eng: HMY Victoria and Albert III 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. She was launched in 1899 but was not ready for service until 1901. Queen Victoria had lobbied Parliament for many years for a more modern yacht - HMY Victoria and Albert dated from 1855, and won this expenditure after pointing out that both the Russian Tsar and the German Kaiser both had larger and more modern yachts than Great Britain. Unfortunately she died seven months before the launch. The total cost of the ship was £572,000 (£ as of ), (five-sevenths the cost of the battleship HMS Renown). This was the third yacht to be named Victoria and Albert and was fitted with steam engines fired by Belleville water-tube... |
