Editing Britannia (section)

== Namesakes ==
{{see also | Britannia (disambiguation)}}
[[File:First-class rater Britannia.2.jpg|thumb|King George V's famed racing yacht [[HMY Britannia (Royal Cutter Yacht)|HMY ''Britannia'']] in the 1890s]]
[[File:1888 History of Flagellation.png|thumb|Caricature of Britannia being flogged (c. 1770)]]
[[File:Boeing 767-304(ER), Britannia Airways JP6291725.jpg|thumb|right|[[Britannia Airways]] with depiction of Britannia on the livery]]

The name "Britannia", symbolising Britain and British patriotism, has been adopted for a variety of purposes, including:

* [[Britannia silver]], a high-grade [[alloy]] of silver introduced in Britain in 1697.
* [[Britannia coin]]s, a series of British [[gold bullion]] coins issued since 1987, which have nominal values of 100, 50, 25, and 10 [[Pound sterling|pounds]].
* [[HMS Britannia|HMS ''Britannia'']], any of eight vessels of the [[Royal Navy]].
* [[HMY Britannia (Royal Cutter Yacht)|HMY ''Britannia'']], King George V's famed racing yacht, scuttled in 1936. [[K1 Britannia|K1 ''Britannia'']] is a 1994 replica (refit in 2012).
* [[Britannia Royal Naval College]], the Royal Navy's officer training college at Dartmouth.
* The former [[Royal Yacht Britannia|Royal Yacht ''Britannia'']], the Royal Family's personal yacht, now retired in [[Leith]], Edinburgh Scotland.
* [[RMS Britannia|RMS ''Britannia'']], the first steam [[ocean liner]] owned by [[Samuel Cunard]] in 1840.
* [[SS Britannia (1925)|SS ''Britannia'']], a 1925 British liner, sunk by the [[German auxiliary cruiser Thor|German auxiliary cruiser ''Thor'']] in 1941 with the loss of 122 crew and 127 passengers.<ref>[http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?135786 Wrecksite: SS Britannia (+1941)]</ref>
* [[MV Britannia (2015)|MV ''Britannia'']], the [[flagship]] of the [[P&O Cruises]] fleet, which came into service in 2015.
* [[Bristol Britannia|Bristol Type 175 Britannia]], a 1952 British [[turbo-prop]] [[airliner]].
* [[Bristol Type 603|Bristol Type 603S3 Britannia]], a 1983 British luxury car.
* [[Pugnaces Britanniae]], war dog of Britain.
* The patriotic song "[[Rule, Britannia!]]", set to music in 1740.
* Company names such as [[Britannia Building Society]], [[Britannia Airways]] and [[Britannia Industries]].
* The ''Britannia'' Class, an alternative name for the [[BR Standard Class 7]] series of steam locomotives produced between 1951 and 1954, the first of the BR "standard" classes. The first built was now-preserved [[BR Standard Class 7 70000 Britannia|No. 70000 ''Britannia'']].
* The [[Britannia Building Society]] operated under this name from 1975, continuing as a brand after merger with [[The Co-operative Bank]] in 2009.
* Britannia is a community south of the town of Bacup, in Lancashire, UK, and "home" of the [[Britannia Coconut Dancers]].
* Britannia [[Sea Scout]]s is a sea scouting group connected to [[Sea Scouts New Zealand]] located in Evans Bay, in the [[Wellington]] zone of [[New Zealand]]. Britannia was started in 1927.