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''Queen Mary's Shallop'' is a British
''Queen Mary's Shallop'' is a British royal barge
A royal barge is a ceremonial barge that is used by a monarch for processions and transport on a body of water.
Royal barges are currently used in monarchies such as the United Kingdom, Sweden and Thailand.
Traditionally the use of royal barges ...
commissioned by William III for Queen Mary II
Mary II (30 April 166228 December 1694) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, co-reigning with her husband, William III & II, from 1689 until her death in 1694.
Mary was the eldest daughter of James, Duke of York, and his first wife ...
in 1689. She was one of several state barges used during state occasions between 1689 and 1849. However, when ''Prince Frederick's Barge
''Prince Frederick's Barge'' is a British state barge. Designed by William Kent, it was built on the South Bank by John Hall for Frederick, Prince of Wales in 1732. Upon Frederick's death in 1751, the barge was used by successive British mo ...
'' was taken out of service in 1849, she was the only state barge of the English Crown still in use. She was finally retired in the early twentieth century.
She was present at various 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
The National Maritime Museum (NMM) is a maritime museum in Greenwich, London. It is part of Royal Museums Greenwich, a network of museums in the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site. Like other publicly funded national museums in the Unite ...
by King George V
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.
Born during the reign of his grandmother Qu ...
, and is in storage as of 2021.
See also
* '' State Barge of Charles II'' * ''Gloriana
''Gloriana'', Op. 53, is an opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten to an English libretto by William Plomer, based on Lytton Strachey's 1928 ''Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History''.
The first performance was presented at the Royal Opera Ho ...
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* {{National Historic Ships Barges Museum ships in the United Kingdom 1680s ships Ships and vessels of the National Historic Fleet Ships preserved in museums