£550
A SET OF REFIT PLANS FOR H.M.Y. BRITANNIA FROM H.M. DOCKYARD MALTA, CIRCA 1954
comprising a set of eight facsimile blueprints annotated in pencil and red ink, each stamped in red RESTRICTED -- 15½ x 64¾in (39.5 x 164.5cm.) contained in a folder.
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Leonard James (Jim) Brinton R.C.N.C. (1919-1991) and by descent.
Jim Brinton was a naval architect and a member of the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors attached to the Admiralty. The Corps members interchanged their duties between designing ships and practical work in R.N. Dockyards around the globe. In 1954 Brinton was stationed in Malta at the dockyard in Valletta and so was closely involved when Britannia unexpectedly called in on her maiden voyage after suffering a minor collision. Aboard were Prince Charles and Princess Anne, who were to be reunited with their parents in Tobruk at the end of the Royal couple's Commonwealth Tour. With the eyes of the world on the Royal couple and their new yacht, it had to look perfect and it was Brinton's job to make her so, aided by this set of plans.
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