Britannia (ship)
Britannia, may refer to a number of sailing ships:
- Britannia, a 500-ton (bm) merchantman built in 1774 that made five voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), on one of which she transported convicts to Australia in voyage noted for the death toll due to the captain's brutality.
- Britannia, a 770-ton (bm) merchantman launched at Bombay in 1772 that made 13 voyages for the (EIC) before wrecking off Brazil in 1807.
- Britannia, a 301-ton (bm)whaler built in 1783 and wrecked in 1806 off the coast of Australia
- Britannia, a 384-ton (bm) merchantman that made two voyages for the EIC before a French privateer captured her in 1798 and HMS Endymion recaptured her shortly thereafter. She then became a West Indiaman; last listed 1804.
- Britannia, a 1,273-ton (bm) merchantman wrecked off Goodwin Sands in 1809.
- Britannia (1829), a 411-ton (bm) ship-rigged merchantman.
- Britannia, a 270-ton (bm) brig that sank off Australia in 1839.
See also
- HMS Britannia, any of several Royal Navy warships
- HMY Britannia (Royal Cutter Yacht), a British Royal Racing Yacht
- HMY Britannia, a former British Royal Yacht
- RMS Britannia, an ocean liner of the British Cunard Steamship Lines
- SS Britannia
- MV Britannia (2015), a cruise liner built for P&O Cruises
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