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royal yacht
A royal yacht is a ship used by a monarch or a royal family. If the monarch is an emperor the proper term is imperial yacht. Most of them are financed by the government of the country of which the monarch is head. The royal yacht is most often c ...
s of the British monarchy have been named HMY ''Royal Caroline'':
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HMY ''Royal Caroline'' was originally a 20-gun
sixth rate launched in 1700 as . She was employed as a royal yacht, and was eventually converted to this role and renamed ''Carolina'' in 1716. She was rebuilt in 1733 and renamed ''Royal Caroline'', before reverting to ''Peregrine Galley'' in 1749. She foundered in the Atlantic in 1762.
* was launched in 1750, renamed HMY ''Royal Charlotte'' in 1761, and was broken up in 1820.
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Royal Navy ship names