Name HMS Beagle Decommissioned 7 February 2002 Displacement 1,050 tons Launched 7 September 1967 Builder Brooke Marine | Commissioned 9 May 1968 Fate Sold March 2002 Construction started 6 March 1966 Weight 1,067 tons | |
Class and type Bulldog class survey vessel | ||
HMS Beagle was a Bulldog class coastal survey vessel of the Royal Navy.
She was originally to have been called HMS Barracouta but her name was changed to HMS Beagle in honour of the ship which carried Charles Darwin.
She was built by yacht builder Brooke Marine, to commercial, rather than military, ship standards at a cost of £53,000,000 at 2007 prices. She was launched on 7 September 1967 and commissioned the following year. She was the last Royal Navy vessel to have wooden (over steel) decks. She served until 7 February 2002 when she was paid off. She was sold in March that year for £750,000 to a yacht company in Poole for conversion. In 2002 she was refitted into a four deck luxury yacht and renamed MY Titan. She is able to sleep 22 guests and accommodate 20 crew.