''De Groene Draeck'' (
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: ''The Green Dragon'') is the
royal yacht of
Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands
Beatrix (Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, ; born 31 January 1938) is a member of the Dutch royal house who reigned as List of monarchs of the Netherlands, Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 until her abdication in 2013.
Beatrix is the eldest daug ...
. It was named after the flagship of
Piet Hein, a famous 17th century Dutch
admiral.
De Groene Draeck is a traditional Dutch round bottomed sailing ship, built in 1957 in
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...
. She was presented by the Dutch people to Princess Beatrix for her 18th birthday.
Newspaper criticism of Royal expenditure
/ref> Her sail number is therefore VA 18.
The ship is regularly used by the Royal Family for sailing. The ship is usually moored in Muiden
Muiden () is a city and former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It lies at the mouth of the Vecht and is in an area called the Vechtstreek. Since 2016, Muiden has been part of the new municipality of Gooise Mere ...
.
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Royal and presidential yachts
1957 ships
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