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 (1783 Saltcoats ship) the West Indies when the French captured her and took her into Guadeloupe. At the time, Guadeloupe was in the hands of anti-slavery republicans under the leadership of Victor Hugues. "Britannia" had embarked 359 slaves and she disembarked 328 in Guadeloupe, for a loss rate of 5.6%. Notes Citations Britannia (1783 Saltcoats ship) Britannia, was a vessel launched in 1783 at Saltcoats. She made two voyages in the African slave trade, grounding at Liverpool in 1793 after the first, and having a French privateer capture her in 1795 during the second. First slave voyage "Lloyd's Register" for 1793 shows "Britannia"s