Gloriana Achievers’ Day 2017
During The Gloriana Achievers’ Day 2017 60 students plus staff and spectators from Harris Federation academies in Battersea, Bromley, Chafford Hundred and Dulwich were taught to row in Skerries at Royal Docks Adventure. All rowers took part in a time trial to find the winning Academy, which was then awarded the ‘Achievers’ Blade’ and also […]
Gloriana Achievers’ Day 2016
During The Gloriana Achievers’ Day 2016 80 students from two East London Academies were taught to row in Skerries at Royal Docks Adventure. This was followed by a time trial and side by side races to find the overall winning Academy who were awarded the ‘Achievers Blade’ and which two crews would then have the […]
Gloriana at Her Majesty’s 90th Birthday Celebrations
Royal barge Gloriana led a flotilla of boats down the River Thames in London to mark the Queen’s 90th birthday celebrations on Saturday 11th June 2016. A crew of able-bodied and adaptive rowers with disabilities manned the vessel, with guests including Lord Sterling and Sir Steven Redgrave on-board. The small-boat flotilla comprised vessels from every […]
Robin Johnson and his story of the wonderful Gloriana Model
As soon as I saw QRB Gloriana I wanted to build a model of her so, following some research on Google, I contacted the designer, Stuart Roy, who was able to provide me with the plans. I then did some maths and adjusted the plans to 1–32 scale and began to build. The model is […]
The Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant
On Sunday, 3 June 2012 The Queen celebrated her Diamond Jubilee with a glorious river pageant on the Thames that involved a thousand boats, over 250 of which were man-powered. Carrying State Trumpeters, Gloriana had pride of place leading this squadron and the flotilla as a whole, creating what The Times described as ‘the Canaletto […]
Olympic Torch Relay
The last day of the Olympic Torch Relay on 27 July 2012 was by river from Hampton Court Palace to City Hall in the Pool of London. Gloriana carried the Olympic flame and seven young torchbearers who took it in turns over the course of the morning to carry a torch, lit from the cauldron […]
The Tudor Pull
Gloriana takes part in the annual Tudor Pull from Hampton Court to HM Tower of London with HM Barge Master and a crew of Watermen from the Watermen & Lightermen Company. The event is to transport the ‘Stela’, a slice of ancient wooden water pipe, which is handed in to the charge of HM Barge Master […]
Hampton Court Palace Festival 2014
As part of the George 1 celebrations at Hampton Court, Gloriana was chartered to carry “King George” and members of his Court to the Palace each day over the Easter weekend. Volunteer rowing crews drawn from local clubs rowed each morning, crowds came to welcome the King ashore at the start of the days events […]
The Lord Mayor’s Flotilla 2013
The Queen’s Row Barge Gloriana carried the new Lord Mayor, Alderman Fiona Woolf CBE, to the City of London escorted by 20 cutters, Shallops and gigs from the City Livery Companies, Associations and clubs. A splendid start to a wonderful day.
Richmond Upon Thames Borough Council Row
Over the months there had been various meetings and discussions with members of Richmond Borough Council about a long term home moorings for Gloriana. On 23rd September Lord True, leader of RBC, invited the Mayor of Richmond, members of the Council and other influential local residents to a meeting aboard Gloriana in Twickenham to discuss […]