{"id":10377,"date":"2016-03-01T13:44:31","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T18:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thatdope.com\/rides\/the-daily-mail-designs-the-queens-next-yacht\/"},"modified":"2016-03-01T13:44:31","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T18:44:31","slug":"the-daily-mail-designs-the-queens-next-yacht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatdope.com\/rides\/the-daily-mail-designs-the-queens-next-yacht\/","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Mail Designs the Queen\u2019s Next Yacht"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A campaign, in the London Daily Mail, is afoot to build a new megayacht for the Queen of England and the British Royal Family .<\/p>\n
Their previous vessel, the 412 ft. Royal Brittania built in 1953, was retired in 1997.<\/p>\n
Codenamed FSP21 (Future Ship Project 21st Century), the 515-ft. vessel would be the third largest in the world, after those of Roman Abramovich and the ruler of Dubai. The proposed craft would be able to carry a helicopter, a miniature submarine, sailboat, two buses, bicycles, and an underwater laboratory to be used by the Royal Navy.<\/p>\n Current design plans have the Windsor\u2019s new vessel as a four masted square-rigged barque with solar capability and an auxiliary diesel electric power plant.<\/p>\n It may all be a newspaper editor\u2019s pipe dream\u2026 but you never know! \u2013 Via Jameslist<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
The yacht, which would have all the latest in technology and a plethora of ultra-luxury offerings, would cost $125 million financed from private and corporate sources.<\/p>\n