out to welcome the retired ocean liner, Queen Elizabeth 2 to Dubai in November 2008. Another personal yacht of the Sheikh is the Alloya, built by Sanlorenzo in 2013. United Kingdom The United Kingdom has had 83 royal yachts since the restoration of Charles II of England in 1660. Charles II himself had 25 royal yachts, while five were simultaneously in service in 1831. Since the decommissioning of in 1997 the British monarchy no longer has a royal yacht. Other nations The Principality of Monaco owned the princely yacht Deo Juvante II between 1956-1958. This Camper and Nicholsons yacht was a wedding gift from Aristotle Onassis to Prince Rainer and Grace Kelly and was used on their honeymoon. The yacht, now called M/Y Grace, is now owned and operated by Quasar Expeditions. Yugoslavia had some royal yachts before World War II (most notably, one was a sister ship of Ilinden'' which sank in Lake Ohrid in 2009). Zanzibar had only one naval ship in 1896, the royal yacht . It was sunk by the British during the shortest war in history, the Anglo-Zanzibar War. Other nations that employ some form of yacht presently or in the past include China, Iran, Sarawak and Sweden. See also Air transports of heads of state and government Official state car Presidential yacht Royal train References Citations Sources Article in Vi Menn magazine number 31 2006 Further reading External links