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DENMARK

The Danish royal family have had several royal yachts. Two of them have been named Dannebrog.


EGYPT

Built for Isma'il Pasha , the Khedive of Egypt


NORWAY

King Haakon VII received the Royal Yacht Norge as a gift from the people of Norway in 1947 . The Royal Yacht is owned by the King but maintained and manned by the Royal Norwegian Navy . Before this other Navy ships had served as royal sea transport and the King used some smaller boats for short trips mostly on official occasions.


OMAN



SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Royal Yachts have included the following -


SPAIN



THAILAND

The Siamese (Thai) aircraft carrier '' HTMS Chakri Nareubet '' {Link without Title} serves in this function).


UNITED KINGDOM

The United Kingdom have had 83 royal yachts since the restoration of King Charles II in 1660 . Charles II himself had 25 Royal Yachts, while five were simultaneously in service in 1831 . The Queen currently does not have a royal yacht.

Occasionally merchant vessels or warships were chartered or assigned for special duty as a temporary Royal Yacht. Examples include the hospital ship HMS '' Maine '' and the steamer SS '' Gothic '' in the 1940s, the battleship HMS '' Vanguard '' in 1947.


GERMANY

During the German Empire The Kaiser use these Yacht:


OTHER NATIONS

Other nations that employ some form of yacht presently or in the past include China , Iran , Russia , and Sweden .

The United States in the past employed Presidential yachts which functioned identically, serving the US President. Most notably was the '' USS Potomac '' (1936-1945). The most recent presidential yacht was the USS Sequoia (1933-1977). Earlier vessels included the USS Mayflower (1906-1929), damaged by fire during the Great Depression .