MV Brittania

MV Brittannia

Britannia was ordered in 2011 and was laid down on 15 May 2013. The ship was built at the Fincantieri yard at Monfalcone in Italy.

The name Britannia was announced on 24 September 2013 and has historical importance for P&O, as there have been two previous ships named Britannia connected with the company. The first entered service in 1835 for the General Steam Navigation Company, which went on to become the Peninsular Steam Navigation Company. The second, which entered service in 1887, was one of four ships ordered by the company to mark the golden jubilee of both Queen Victoria and P&O itself.
The ceremonial float out of the third Britannia took place on the afternoon of 14 February 2014, with the traditional champagne bottle smashed against the vessel's hull.
Britannia departed the Fincantieri ship yard on 27 February 2015 for Southampton via Gibraltar. Britannia was officially named on 10 March 2015 by Queen Elizabeth II at the Ocean Terminal.
Today she is on a Tour of Britain she approached Flamborough Headland emerging from the heavy rain in the North Sea, she was met by a host of Boats from Bridlington Harbour we were sailing on the Yorkshire Belle
Nixon D610 150 - 600mm Lens Focal Length 350 1-2000s f-10 ISO 320
© 2015 Photographs by David Hollingworth
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