The Royal Southern Yacht Club is a yacht club in Hamble

Hamble-le-Rice

Hamble-le-Rice is a village in the Borough of Eastleigh in Hampshire, UK. It is best known for being an aircraft training centre during the Second World War and is a popular yachting location...

, Hampshire

Hampshire

Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...

, United Kingdom

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. It was established in 1837 in Southampton

Southampton

Southampton is the largest city in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England, and is situated south-west of London and north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest...

 as the Royal Southampton Yacht Club and was given Royal patronage by HRH Queen Victoria.
The Club House, which still stands opposite Southampton's Royal Pier, was built in 1846.

The Royal Southampton Yacht Club went through financial difficulties through most of the 19th century. In 1844 the club wanted to organize a large regatta, but having no sufficient funds, it decided to increase the entrance fee. The resulting bureaucratic process involved altering its name to "Royal Southern Yacht Club", its present denomination.

In mid-twentieth century, as Southampton's harbor expanded commercially, its waters became less attractive for yachting. Finally the club moved to Hamble, south-east of Southampton, in 1947.