- Career
- Notable commanding officers
- Notes
- References
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}} | HMY Victoria and Albert II, a {{convert|360|ft|adj=on}} steamer launched 16 January 1855, was a royal yacht of the sovereign of the United Kingdom until 1900, owned and operated by the Royal Navy. Of 2,470 tons, the yacht could make {{convert|15|kn}} on her paddles. There were 240 crew. CareerThe ship was used by Prince Arthur on the occasion of his visit to Heligoland in 1872.[1] Victoria and Albert II was scrapped in about 1904. El Horria was built to the same specifications for Isma'il Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt in 1865 and survives today, although much altered. Notable commanding officers- John Fullerton, appointed 1884[2]
Notes1. ^Rüger, p68
2. ^The Navy List (1891), p. 264
References{{refbegin}}- Rüger, Jan (2017) Heligoland: Britain, Germany and the Struggle for the North Sea Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-19-967246-2}}.
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