Britannia - Namesakes

Namesakes

The name "Britannia", symbolising Britain and British patriotism, has been adopted for various purposes such as:

• K1 Britannia, a 1994 replica (refit in 2012) of King George V's famed racing yacht Britannia which was scuttled in 1936.
• Britannia silver, a high-grade alloy of silver introduced in Britain in 1697.
• Britannia coins, a series of British gold bullion coins issued since 1987, which have nominal values of 100, 50, 25, and 10 pounds.
• HMS Britannia, any of eight vessels of the Royal Navy.
• Britannia Royal Naval College, the Royal Navy's officer training college.
• The former Royal Yacht Britannia, the Royal Family's personal yacht, recently retired in Leith, Edinburgh Scotland.
• RMS Britannia, the first steam ocean liner owned by Samuel Cunard in 1840.
• SS Britannia, a 1925 British liner, sunk by the German auxiliary cruiser Thor in 1941 with the loss of 122 crew and 127 passengers.
• Bristol Type 175 Britannia, a 1952 British turbo-prop airliner.
• Bristol Type 603S3 Britannia, a 1983 British luxury car.
• Pugnaces Britanniae, war dog of Britain.
• The patriotic song "Rule, Britannia!", set to music in 1740.
• Company names such as Britannia Building Society, Britannia Airways and Britannia Industries.
• The Britannia Class, an alternative name for the BR Standard Class 7 series of steam locomotives produced between 1951 and 1954, the first of the BR "standard" classes. Preserved Class 7 locomotive No. 70000, built in 1951, was also named Britannia.
• "The Britannia" is a popular pub name; there were 82 English public houses with this name in 2011.
• The Britannia Building Society traded for over a century before deciding to merge with The Co-operative Bank and now trades as Britannia. They are the official sponsors of Stoke City F.C. and so their logo appears on the team's shirts and the Britannia Stadium is named after the company.