The
Biggest Yachts in the World as of January 2008
[Biggest down to 98 m]
[(97 m - 80 m] [79
m -70 m] [69 m - to
around 60 m]
Okay, I know this is a list about existing yachts
but I thought you like to know that M/Y Dubai,
the biggest yacht in the world will soon be surpassed
by a new giga yacht. The astonishing and beautiful
Lurssen 163 - 170 meter M/Y New Kingdom 5KR.
Am not sure if this image is her but it has been
suggested that it might be ;-) (thanks to Tom
Griffin for emailing it in)
Information
on these yachts is displayed in good faith and
believed to be correct but this is not, under
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- Dubai - 160 meters 530 feet
Project name - Platinum • Golden Star
Builder: Blohm & Voss
Lürssen Stylist: Andrew Winch Engines
Launched - 2006
Owner: Crown Prince of Dubai - Sheikh Mohammed
bin Rashid al-Maktoum
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Dubai was commissioned in 1996 but has faced
a few troubles along the way, not least of all
familial, political and financial fall outs.
She was launched 5th April 2005.
- Sunflower - 155 meters 508 feet
Shipyard/Builder - Lurssen
Launched - 2007
Owner - Unknown
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6 Decks and a soft cream and blue in colour,
not much is known about project Sunflower.
- Eclipse - 147 meters - 482 feet
Delivery - 2008
Builder - Blohm & Voss
Owner - Roman Abramovich
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9 Decks, 12-person submarine, helipad and a
helicopter garage for 2 choppers. Helicopter
elevators also installed.
- Prince Abdul Aziz - 147 meters - 482 feet
Builder - Helsingor Vaerft
Launch - 1984
Architect - Maierform
Owner - King Fahd
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Prince Abdulaziz was built in Denmark, the interior
was finished in the United Kingdom at Southampton
Docks
- Al Salamah - 138 meters
Project Name - MIPOS
Launch - 1999
Shipyard: HDW and Luerssen
Owner - Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz
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8 decks, 82 rooms, crew of 96. Al Salamah also
has an indoor swimming pool covered by a glass
roof.
Photo Courtesy - Chris
Suffeleers
- Rising Sun - 137 metres - 452 ft
Year - 2004
Shipyard - Lürssen
Owner - Larry Ellison
Designer - Jon Bannenberg
Owner: Larry Ellison • CEO Oracle Corp Stylist:
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Rising Sun costs around $13 million a year to
run - on the drawing board she started out 120
meters long but it said that Larry Ellison wanted
his yacht to be bigger than Paul Allen's Octopus
so he added 18 meters. A classic case of mine
is bigger than yours!
- Octopus - 126 meters - 413 ft
Launch - 2003
Builder - Lürssen
Architect - Espen Øino
Owner - Paul Allen
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Two helipads,
submarine, side docks for jet skis, tender bigger
than the average family cruiser at 63ft. Her
owner, Paul Allen also owns two other yachts,
Tatoosh and Méduse.
Photo Courtesy
- Chris Suffeleers
- Savarona - 124 meters - 408 ft
Launched - 1931
Refit - 1992
Builder - Blohm & Voss
Architect - Cox & Stevens
Owner - Kahraman Sadikoglu
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An old yacht
with a gracious dignity that does not diminsh
her opulence. She has a Helipad, Hammam, Jacuzzi
& Sauna, Bedroom, Movie theater, Fitness center
and a Hospital!
- Alexander - 122 meters - 400 ft
Formerly - Regina Maris
Year - 1965
Builder - Lubecker Flender Werke, Germany
Refit - 1986 and 1998
Owner - Latsis family
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53 crew 80
passengers. Full-size discotheque and bar with
state of the art sound system, Outdoor swimming
pool and Jacuzzi, Children playroom with television
and video game systems
- Project Sigma - 118 meters - 387 ft
Year - 2008
Builder - Blohm & Voss • HDW • ThyssenKrupp
Design - Philippe Starck (France)
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Industry gossip
suggests that this yacht will be using the innovative
CODAG-WARP® (Combined Diesel and Gas Turbine,
Waterjet and Refined Propellers) drive concept.
This design provides completely new alternatives
in the construction and design of decks, since
exhaust gas ducts no longer have to be taken
into consideration.
- Turama 116 meters - 382 ft
Formerly - Columbus Caravelle - cruise ship
Launch - 1990
Conversion - 2004
Builder - Rauma & Sete Yachts
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Beauty Salon,
Hospital, Helipad, Gymnasium and Sauna, 80 Seat
conference theatre / exhibition space
- Atlantis II - 115 meters - 379 ft
Year - 1981
Builder - Hellenic Shipyards
Architect - Maierform
Owner - Niarchos family
Issham Al Baher's twin sister
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Atlantis II
has a bit of a reputation in the industry for
never moving very far from her favourite berth
in Monaco where she is usually the biggest yacht.
In fact it's a real case of dusting the cobwebs
off when she does move and she has to back out
as she is too big to turn round inside. (No
wonder they don't move her a lot). Currently
she is the 7th largest privately owned yacht
in the world. Atlantis II is the second of two
identical sister ships, Atlantis II is stronger
than her sister and she has a helipad.
- Issham Al Baher - 115 meters - 379 ft
Formerly - Prince Abdul Aziz / Al Salamah
Year - 1973
Builder - Hellenic Shipyards
Naval architect - Maierform
Owner - Stavros Niarchos or John Latsis reportedly
gave it or loaned it to late King Fahd
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Atlantis II's twin sister
- Pelorus - 115 meters - 377 ft
Launch - 2003
Builder - Lürssen , Germany
Naval architect - Tim Heywood
Owner - Roman Abramovich
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- Le Grand Bleu - 113 meters - 370 ft
Year - 2000
Builder - Vulkan
Owner - Eugene Shvidler
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Now
this is a boat after my own heart! Normally
the first thing a boat does when she ties up
is get water, electricity, sewage dump pipes
etc etc. Not this one. Le Grand Bleu is one
of the first private yachts to ever earn an
Environmental Protection Notation from insurer
Lloyd's of London. Among other things, the boat
has her own sewage and wastewater treatment
plants, complies to strict nitrogen and sulfur
exhaust emissions limits, and makes her own
water. She was built at the Vulkan yard in Germany
and was launched in 2000. Security features
like on Ecstasea and Pelorus include a submarine
for detecting limpet mines and a missile-detection
system. In June 2006 it's rumoured that Mr Abramovich
gave this boat away, as a gift, (like you do)
to Eugene Shvidler. Evgeny 'Eugene' Markovich
Shvidler (born 1964 in Moscow, Russia) is an
Russian oil billionaire. He made his fortune
in Russia during the privatization of Russian
industry. At least he can afford to run her
as she costs around $12 million a year to operate.
- Sea Cloud - 109.5
meters - 359 ft
Formerly: Hussar • Sea Cloud • Angelita • Patria
• Antama
Year - 1931
Builder - Krupp
Architect - Gibbs and Cox
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Sea Cloud Website
She
was built in 1931 in Kiel at the request of
a Wall Street broker. It was his wife, Lady
Marjorie Post, who shaped the SEA CLOUD’s character.
- Lady Moura - 105meters - 344 ft
Year - 1990
Shipyard/ Builder - Blohm & Voss
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I
first met Lady Moura in 1991 and to be honest
I was pretty gob smacked. Everyting was hidden
away behind hydraulic covers. This massive yacht,
several storeys high had this nifty little sand
covered platform that slid noiselessly out of
her side just above the waterline. Sporting
deckchairs and palm trees this yacht had it's
own, with a difference, private sandy beach!
She also has a large pool with a retractable
roof and a 23 metre custom-made (by Viscount
Linley) dining table. Beside the tenders etc
she carries a Sikorsky S76B helicopter. Lady
moura is owned by Mohammed al-Rashid of Saudi
Arabia and launched in 1990. Many yachts designed
for Arabs have an interesting feature in that
they tend to lack a lot of open deck space as
sunbathing is not high on their owners agendas.
Instead much of their time is spent indoors,
enjoying the immaculate and cool interiors.
Arabs also value their privacy hugely and it
is relatively rare for their yachts to be found
on the charter market. Their favoured cruising
grounds are the French Riviera and Balearics
in the Spanish region where they tend to have
holiday homes too. When the owner of lady Moura
divorced from his wife she got the phenomenal
S/Y Phocea. 74m of stunning luxury under sail.
- Al Said - 104 meters - 340 ft
Year - 1982
Owner - Sultan of Oman
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156
- Christina O - 99 meters - 325 ft
Formerly - Stormont
Owned - John Paul Papanicolaou (as a business)
Launched - 1943
Interior Design - Apostolos Molidris
Refit - 1988
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Christina O website
Christina
would be the yacht that I would charter! Aristotle
Onassis' owned the legendary mega yacht "Christina
O" which he had named after his daughter Christina.
Since the summer of 2001 the yacht totally refurbished
and is under new ownership by John Paul Papanicolau.
She is available for private chartering. Aristotle
Onassis spent just $4 million in the early 1950's
to convert the Canadian naval frigate Stormont,
a convoy escort into Christina..
Her guest book reads like the who's who of world
famous people, guests have included Maria Callas,
Eva Peron, John Paul Getty, Sir Winston Churchill,
Prine Rainier, Princess Grace, Elizabeth Taylor,
Marilyn Monroe, Jackie Kennedy to name just
a very few.
Photo courtesy of A Cooke
- Carinthia VII - 98 meters - 321 ft
Launch - 2002
Builder - Lürssen
Design - Tim Heywood
Owner - Heidi Horten
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Just
goes to show you that women should have more
of a hand in design / commissioning of yachts.
Elegant and sleek this yacht was ordered by
Heidi Horten, a German retail heiress. Another
member of the very very private rich not many
know what the interior of this yacht looks like.
Carinthia V sank on launch. Ooops.
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