HMY ''Osborne'' was a

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Royal Yacht of the

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of the

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. Designed by Edward James Reed, she was launched on 19 December 1870 at Pembroke Royal Dockyard and replaced the yacht of the same name formerly known as HMY ''Victoria and Albert''. She measured 1,850 tons, and was used for cruises to foreign countries and later on the short run to

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on the

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. In 1898 wireless equipment was installed by Marconi. This allowed the Prince of Wales to keep in touch with his mother Queen Victoria, at Osborne House. Commander

Charles Eustace Anson Admiral Charles Eustace Anson, CB, MVO (3 December 1859 – 28 April 1940) was a Royal Navy officer. A member of the Anson family, Charles Eustace Anson was the son of the Rev Frederick Anson, Canon of Windsor, and of the Hon Caroline Maria, d ...

was appointed in command on 28 December 1900, and was in command during the funeral arrangements for

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the following month. She was scrapped in 1908 having been superseded by HMY ''Alexandra''.The Steam Yachts by Erik Hofman ISBN 0-8286-0040-6

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