Queen Mary's Shallop
Queen Mary's Shallop is a 41.60-foot-long (12.68 m) royal barge commissioned by William III for Queen Mary II in 1689. She was one of several state barges used during state occasions between 1689 and 1849. However, when Prince Frederick's Barge was taken out of service in 1849, she was the only state barge of the English Crown still in use until finally being retired in the early twentieth century.[1]
Queen Mary's Shallop passing down the Thames in the naval pageant, 4th August 1919
She was involved in various significant occasions, such as the Royal Regatta at Henley in 1912, and the Peace Pageant in 1919. In 1930 she was given to the National Maritime Museum by King George V, and is in storage as of 2021.[2]
See also
References
- "Name Queen Mary's Shallop | National Historic Ships". www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
- "Shallop | Royal Museums Greenwich". www.rmg.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
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