Weekly Snaps

A couple posing for a photograph on the Bridge in the autumn sunshine.

The Royal Brow offers visitors the perfect photo opportunity where the Royal Family used to board Britannia.

Paul, Facilities Officer, fitting a great new seating area on the quayside.

Housekeeper, Renata, polishing the glass window in the Visitor Centre.

Delicious salted caramel truffles are prepared for petits fours served aboard Fingal.

Visitors take in beautiful views across the Port of Leith and beyond to Fife.

Warming Cullen skink, a traditional smoked haddock soup, is a delicious treat.

Complete your lunch with a slice of Victoria sponge cake, freshly baked on board.

Our Britannia ensign flying in the wind on the ensign staff.

Queen Elizabeth II received this pram dinghy, Tui, during a Royal visit to New Zealand in 1953. Tui is kindly on loan from Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust.

Make bath time fun with our Britannia Admiral duck.

The perfect accompaniment for coffee time from the Shortbread House of Edinburgh, available in the Gift Shop.

Gary cutting wood for a plinth.

Gary and Steven manufacturing the plinth for evening events.

A closer look at fitting the screws in place.

Nico checking equipment aboard Royal Racing Yacht Bloodhound ahead of sea trials.

Nico installing the lifeboat aboard Bloodhound.

Steven sanding Britannia’s starboard shipside.

Fingal’s flags are looking resplendent in the sunshine in celebration of being awarded AA Hotel of the Year Scotland.

A nautical surprise awaits Fingal’s guests with our Engine Room walkway.

Beautiful fresh flowers fill the Ballroom for a private event held on board.