List of ships named Britannia

Britannia is a common name or part of the name of ships. The name comes from Latin and originally referred to the island of Great Britain . The ancient Roman province also received this name, which in modern times also bore the personification of Great Britain, a female figure.

Ship list

designation	Ship type	Class / type	Construction year	Shipyard	Owner	period of service	Whereabouts
Britannia^{Receipt ?}	Ship of the line		1682	Chatham Dockyard , Chatham	Royal Navy		Broken down in 1749
Britannia	Ship of the line		1762	Portsmouth Shipyard , Portsmouth	Royal Navy	until 1812	Renamed Princess Royal in 1812 , scrapped in 1825
Britannia^{Receipt ?}	Cargo ship				Royal Navy	1781 to 1782	Sunk in 1782
Britannia^{Receipt ?}	Ship of the line	Caledonia class	1820	Devonport Shipyard , Plymouth	Royal Navy	1823 to 1869	Wrecked in 1869
Britannia^{Receipt ?}	East Indiaman		1829	Bristol			Sunk in 1849
Britannia	Paddle steamer		1840	Robert Duncan & Co., Greenock	Cunard Line	1840 to 1849	Sold to the German Confederation in 1849 , sunk in 1880
Britannia	Ship of the line		1860	Portsmouth shipyard	Royal Navy	1869 to 1905	Wrecked in 1916
Britannia	Racing cutter		1893	D. & W. Henderson & Company , Part on the Clyde	Edward VII , George V.	1893 to 1935	Sunk in 1936
Britannia	Ship of the line	King Edward VII class	1904	Portsmouth shipyard	Royal Navy	1906 to 1918	Sunk in 1918
Britannia	Passenger ship	Ocean liner	1926	Alexander Stephen and Sons , Govan	Anchor line	1926 to 1941	Sunk in 1941
Britannia	yacht		1953	John Brown & Company , Clydebank		1954 to 1997	Museum ship in Leith
Britannia	River cruise ship		1969	Shipyard Christof Ruthof , Mainz-Kastel		Since 1969
Olau Britannia	ferry		1982	Schichau Seebeck , Bremerhaven	Olau Line	1982 to 1990	Sold in 1990, since 2012 as a wind Perfection in motion
Britannia Beaver	Suction dredger	TSHD	1991	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd., Devon UK	Britannia Aggregates Ltd
Navion Britannia	Tanker	Shuttle tanker	1998	Sestao yard, Izar (Bilbao) Spain	Navion ASA