Royal Yacht Britannia

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Royal Yacht Britannia
Official site of the Britannia, the last Royal Yacht moored at Ocean Terminal in Edinburgh.

HMY Britannia
History of the decomissionned Royal Yacht Britannia from the official website of the British Monarchy.

1953: Queen launches Royal Yacht Britannia
BBC On This Day feature page on the launch of the Britannis.

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Britannia Visitor Centre Overview of the Royal Yacht Britannia visitor centre at Ocean Terminal.

Highlights of a Britannia Tour Information on the most interesting things to see on the Royal Yacht.

Leith Waterfront & Docks Visitor information about the revived Edinburgh waterfront at Leith.

Photos of the Royal Yacht Britannia Picture gallery of and from the Royal Yacht.

Attraction Details - Royal Yacht Britannia Royal Yacht Britannia tourist information including opening times, admission and contact details.

Royal Yacht Britannia on the web Links to other web pages related to the most famous yacht in the world.

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Beautiful Photos from Edinburgh

Edinburgh Castle from GrassmarketPhotograph of Edinburgh Castle's south face with the Union flag at half-mast taken from the Grassmarket. Photo #G3205

The Shore, Leith Docks, EdinburghPicture of Leith shorefront buildings and the Harpoon, taken from the Victoria Swing Bridge; in the distance, the Mary of Guise barge and the Ocean Mist boat now turned into a floating restaurant. Photo #G0848

Edinburgh Castle and Princes Street GardensPicture of Princes Street Gardens taken from the Scott Monument with Edinburgh Castle and the National Gallery of Scotland in the far center. Photo #3316

Origin of 'Edinburgh'

Tourists have problems with the name of Edinburgh. There are hundreds of ways people write it and the most common writings include 'edinburg', 'edinborough', 'edimburgh', 'edinbourgh', 'ediburgh', 'edinbugh', 'edinboro', 'edingburgh', 'edinbrugh', 'edimburg', 'edinburugh', 'edingurgh', 'edinbrough', etc.

According to the Scottish Place Names dictionary, the name Edinburgh means 'Fort of the Rock Face'. The 'edin' part comes from Scottish Gaelic and means 'rock face', while 'burgh' comes from Old English meaning stronghold.

Some more obscure (and quite funny) ways of writing Edinburgh include: edinburough, edingburg, edinbourg, edinburh, edinurgh, edenburg, edinbough, edinbourough, edinbrgh, edingborough, edenburgh, edinberg, edinborgh, edinborugh, edinburge, edinburhg, edingbourgh, etc.

Edinburgh is spelt Edimburgo in Spanish and Italian and Édimbourg in French.

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