Britannia (smack)
'' Britannia '' (BN72) is the last working Class One East Coast Smack. She was built in King's Lynn in 1914 and launched in 1915, and is currently (2021) undergoing restoration in Devon, and due to be relaunched in 2022. She measures long with a beam of . History ''Britannia'' was built as the result of consultations between her owner Alfred Rake and the builders the Worfolk Brothers of King's Lynn. She was built of single grown oak frames sourced from Sandringham Forest. She was the last and largest Class One Smack to be built by the Workfolk brothers. The National Historic Ships Register speculates that she was named after the King's yacht, the HMY ''Britannia'', Rake having crewed on that yacht. Built in 1914, she was launched in 1915. In the 1920s and 30s she was adapted for use as a power whelk trawler, and her interior later changed for use as a charter vessel. She capsized and sank in 1968, after which she was sold, and then restored in Bristol. From 1974 to 199 ...
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