The catamaran won the Jules Verne trophy for a team sailing non-stop round the world, in 1994.
PA reports on the other confirmed torchbearers in the capital: Sir Robin Knox-Johnson, who was the first person to sail solo non-stop around the world, will carry the Flame for a lap around the restored Cutty Sark ship in Greenwich, south east London, on July 21.
He was the first man to sail solo, non-stop around the world in 1968-69.
Robin Knox-Johnsthe, the co-founder of the 21-year-old biennial event and the first person to sail solo and non-stop around the world, said it was a momentous achievement.
They include Amazon, a 127-year-old yacht present at Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations and the Suhaili, pictured here in 1969 when yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston became the first person to sail her solo non-stop around the world.
The Sunday Times therefore decided to award two prizes: the Golden Globe trophy for the first person to sail single-handed, non-stop around the world; and a £5,000 prize (a considerable sum then, equivalent to £58,100 in 2005 ) for the fastest time.
Can sailor Sir Ben Ainslie lead the first British team to win the America's Cup? Sir Robin Knox-Johnston relives sailing single-handed, non-stop, around the world.
They independently decided to attempt the non-stop sail, but despite their rowing achievement were hampered by a lack of sailing experience.
At the same time, to become the first Briton to sail around the world non-stop 4 times, is just amazing and feels very special" Despite having just completed an epic voyage, Thompson is already looking to the future as he hopes to be on the start line of the Vendée Globe in November 2012.
