A 'national flag ship' planned to replace Royal Yacht

[LittleSister]

Another eye-catching project from our esteemed Prime Minister.


Plans for new national flagship to promote 'best of British'

Does anyone else think the 'artists impression' is somehow both slightly strange and rather run-of-the-mill?

I was also curious as to how much of a new, one-off design, UK-built ship you'd really get for £200 million (especially given it apparently cost £200,000 just to decorate a flat!). Does anyone know how plausible that £200m is, or what sort of a vessel you'd get for that?

Note also the sub-editor at play in the following headline.

Boris Johnson plans to sink £200m into new ship of state

 

[Poignard]

Another eye-catching project from our esteemed Prime Minister.

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Plans for new national flagship to promote 'best of British'

Does anyone else think the 'artists impression' is somehow both slightly strange and rather run-of-the-mill?

I was also curious as to how much of a new, one-off design, UK-built ship you'd really get for £200 million (especially given it apparently cost £200,000 just to decorate a flat!). Does anyone know how plausible that £200m is, or what sort of a vessel you'd get for that?

Note also the sub-editor at play in the following headline.

Boris Johnson plans to sink £200m into new ship of state

This country is heading towards becoming what they say of pretentious women in Yorkshire :

"All fur coat and mucky knickers".

 

[Bouba]

As this is most definitely a boaty subject, I can say without fear of reprisal, that I am totally disgusted that even more outrageous sums of money are being spent on the comfort of the most egregious family in Great Britain

 

[Capt Popeye]

What a GREAT leap forward for our Country; improoves our Status , Standing , Importance , and a sure benefit with NO downsides at all;

Great and much relieved that the design shows absolutely NO resemblence to them stupid looking Gin Palaces and Monstrosities oft seen pictured in some Boating Mags , oft at an Enourmous Price (asking that is) somehow I guess that the Designers /Builders of such Silly Yachts think that they are building for strictly Non Boaters but Mediteranean Marina Floating Hotels

Just hope that we can now arrange for any such Royal Yacht to be actually built in an English , inc NI yard , in an effort for ourEnglish Pounds to be returned by giving incomes at home

 

[Bouba]

What a GREAT leap forward for our Country; improoves our Status , Standing , Importance , and a sure benefit with NO downsides at all;

Great and much relieved that the design shows absolutely NO resemblence to them stupid looking Gin Palaces and Monstrosities oft seen pictured in some Boating Mags , oft at an Enourmous Price (asking that is) somehow I guess that the Designers /Builders of such Silly Yachts think that they are building for strictly Non Boaters but Mediteranean Marina Floating Hotels

Just hope that we can now arrange for any such Royal Yacht to be actually built in an English , inc NI yard , in an effort for ourEnglish Pounds to be returned by giving incomes at home

I think it only fitting that this ship be built in Korea

 

[Capt Popeye]

As this is most definitely a boaty subject, I can say without fear of reprisal, that I am totally disgusted that even more outrageous sums of money are being spent on the comfort of the most egregious family in Great Britain

Nice to get a Foreigners (SoF ?) point of view at times; but this is NOT the time, Old Boy {#

 

[nortada]

Thought Big Lizzy is our national flag ship?

 

[Iliade]

I'm sure it will be better value for money than giving the shipbuilders the dole...

 

[wully1]

Ridiculous waste of yet more money. She can easily afford her own boat If she wants one but it’s the only way Boris will get his lard arse aboard a nice boat.

 

[nortada]

As the ordinary tax payer will be funding it, will they get regular access for day trips and the like

 

[Deleted member 36384]

The country has taken on levels of debt that can not be paid for in any meaningful time frame. The management of that debt will probably result in further devaluation of the pound, inflation, tax increases. When this anaemic design of yacht, devoid of imagination and rich in blandness is delivered it will be seen for what it is, another pointless exercise in vanity, that fails to deliver even that.

 

[RichardS]

As the BBC said this morning, rather than a Royal Yacht, this time it's going to be a Royal Ship.

Richard

 

[jordanbasset]

Perhaps we should have a public vote on what we call the new ship, it worked so well last time, any suggestions for a name

 

[Stemar]

Boris Johnson plans to sink £200m into new ship of state

An unfortunate turn of phrase, though given the amount he's managed to sink without trace, perhaps not inappropriate.

May I suggest a correction? Boris Johnson plans to sink £200m into new ship of state

 

[Snowgoose-1]

I ink there is some confusion here. This ship is a Victorian reenactment attraction that will be birthed at Alton towers. For £100 you can flog a steward for not having your g and t cold enough.

 

[longjohnsilver]

What’s the betting £200m turns out to be nearer £1billion?

 

[JumbleDuck]

Perhaps we should have a public vote on what we call the new ship, it worked so well last time, any suggestions for a name

HMY Silver Spoon.

 

[RichardS]

I ink there is some confusion here. This ship is a Victorian reenactment attraction that will be birthed at Alton towers. For £100 you can flog a steward for not having your g and t cold enough.

It will probably be a stillbirth.

Richard

 

[jordanbasset]

HMS 'Look a Squirrel'

 

[johnalison]

As far as I know, this will be a working ship with many duties other than giving joyrides to the Royal Family. As such, it will quite possibly pay for itself, that is, if it gets built against the oppostion of people who are embittered by the thought of anyone being better off than themselves.

As for the design illustrated, it looks sort of OK to me, but more of a pastiche of the old Britannia than an attempt to reflect the current times or look forward.