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 (1772 EIC ship) Second Bar on 14 November, reached St Helena on 25 February 1792, and arrived at The Downs on 22 April. By the time "Britannia" sailed again war with France had broken out. Captain Thomas Cheap, Jr. acquired two letters of marque, the first on 4 March 1793, and the second on 21 March. Captain Cheap sailed from Portsmouth on 5 April 1793, bound for Madras and Bengal. "Britannia" reached Madras on 14 August and arrived at Diamond Harbour on 8 September. In late 1793 John Shore, the EIC's Governor-General of India, formed a squadron from the company's own ships to