Britannia and the British Empire what Marianne is to France or perhaps what Columbia is to the United States. Britannia became a very potent and more common figure in times of war, and represented British liberties and democracy. During the 1990s the term "Cool Britannia" (drawn from a humorous version by the Bonzo Dog Band of the song "Rule Britannia", with words by James Thomson [1700–1748], which is often used as an unofficial national anthem), was used to describe the contemporary United Kingdom. The phrase referred to the fashionable scenes of the era, with a new generation of pop groups and
Britannia (1774 ship) because the tea was dumped over the side, in the same fashion as had occurred at the Boston Tea Party a year earlier. Captain Thomas Dennett (or Dennott) sailed "Britannia" from Calcutta on 28 November 1785 and Diamond Harbour on 4 January 1786. She reached the Cape on 2 March, and St Helena on 23 March. She arrived at Plymouth on 15 May and Deptford on 8 June. "Britannia" was admitted to Registry in Great Britain on 20 June 1796. On 5 August 1796, Thomas Demmett [sic] received a letter of marque, which authorized him to capture French ships should