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====Boats==== The Corporation operates a number of small boats, mostly functioning as [[Ship's tender|tender]]s to Trinity House vessels as described in the section above. The historic right of Trinity House to escort the [[monarch|Sovereign]] when travelling by ship in [[territorial waters]] is still exercised on [[Ceremony|ceremonial occasion]]s. On the River Thames and inland waterways the duty is carried out by the vessel designated ''Trinity House No 1 Boat'',<ref>{{cite web| title=HM The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Celebrations| year=2012| url=http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/news_info/press_releases/2012/hm_queens_diamond_jubilee_celebrations.html| publisher=Trinity House| access-date=4 June 2012| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603055328/http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/news_info/press_releases/2012/hm_queens_diamond_jubilee_celebrations.html| archive-date=3 June 2012| df=dmy-all}}</ref> a name which designates any boat assigned to this duty; {{As of|2020|lc=y}} a tender of THV ''Galatea'' is used for such ceremonial duties.<ref>The designation "Tender to THV ''Galatea''" is clearly visible beneath the Royal Standard in [http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/news_info/press_releases/2012/hm_queens_diamond_jubilee_celebrations.html this photograph] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603055328/http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/news_info/press_releases/2012/hm_queens_diamond_jubilee_celebrations.html |date=3 June 2012 }}.</ref> However, for the [[Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant]] on 3 June 2012, this boat had the name "T.H. No 1 Boat" painted onto the bow (port and starboard) whilst carrying the Master (the Princess Royal) in the jubilee flotilla.<ref>{{cite web | last=Bartram | first=Graham | title=A Visual Guide to the Flags Used in the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant | url=http://www.flaginstitute.org/Thames_Pageant_Flag_Guide.pdf | page=9 | publisher=[[The Flag Institute]] | access-date=4 June 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307100005/http://www.flaginstitute.org/Thames_Pageant_Flag_Guide.pdf | archive-date=7 March 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> On 8 November 2014, Trinity House entered a float for the annual [[Lord Mayor's Show]] in the [[City of London]], consisting of a heavy low-loader lorry, with the ''Trinity House No 1 Boat'' mounted on the low-loader trailer as an exhibit.
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