The yacht as a gift to the Queen

By the Diamond Jubilee of Queen of Great Britain, which she celebrates in 2012, it will present a length of 515 ft superyachts. Sailboat Elizabeth II will become the third largest, behind only the Eclipse Roman Abramovich, and Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. While the project is codenamed FSP21, which stands for Future Ship Project 21st Century. Cost of construction giant will be about 80 million pounds. As the creators say, the British taxpayers do not worry - all work pay individuals and corporations who worry that the successor of the "Lord of the seas" has its own boat. Previously, the queen was 412-foot yacht Royal Brittania (pictured below), built in 1953. In 1997, the monarch watercraft have been written off and turned into a museum, and since then the royal family do not own a boat. FSP21 is chetyrёhmachtovy barque, in addition equipped with sails diesel plant. vessel is capable of speeds up to 20 knots (37 km / h) and walk a distance of 6,000 nautical miles (11 thous. km). The yacht should be floating embassy in Britain, but it is not limited to its functionality. Glider is equipped with a helicopter pad, a mini-submarine, two buses, hundreds of bicycles and even an underwater laboratory - that at the time the vessel is not used as a diplomatic mission to use it for scientific research. The vessel will carry out executive functions on the strength of 2-3 months a year, and other times it will dispose of the scientists and the military. It is also assumed that the superyacht will be training ground for "Cadets of the Queen."