Article 4 Regulations for registry
An application for registry of a Ministry of Defence yacht shall be made in writing under the hand of an officer of the Ministry of Defence to a registrar of British ships and shall contain the following particulars—
a statement of the name and description of the yacht;
a statement of the time when and the place where the yacht was built; or, if the yacht was foreign built and the time and place of building are unknown, a statement to that effect and of her foreign name;
a statement of the nature of the title to the yacht, whether by original construction by or for the Ministry of Defence, or by purchase, capture, condemnation or otherwise, and, if she was not originally constructed by or for the Ministry of Defence, a list of the documents of title, if any.