Even if you don’t know anything about yachts, you know that Russian billionaire businessman Roman Abramovich has held the title for owning the largest yacht in the world, the Eclipse, for some time now (about three years).
Well, his winning (or yachting) streak has now come to an end. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nayan, President of the United Arab Emirates and Emir of Abu Dhabi, is responsible for the fate of Abramovich’s streak, after having a 590-foot super yacht built.
The name of the 590-foot super yacht is the Azzam Yacht by Lurssen, and apparently, it’s longer than 12 double-decker buses. Oh, and not only is it the largest yacht, but it’s also rumored to be the fastest.
According to the yacht maker, this 94,000 horsepower vessel can reach speeds of more than 35mph! That’s lightning speed for a yacht this size. You wouldn’t want to witness this thing coming in strong off the coast, that’s for sure.
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nayan’s Azzam yacht was designed by Nauta Yachts and then constructed by Lurssen in Bremen. The yacht was launched in April for the first time and has been on the water ever since.
Although Abramovich’s Eclipse yacht is smaller, it still holds a bigger price tag at about $1 billion. The Azzam yacht has a $600 million price tag. There haven’t been any photos of the inside of the Azzam, but sources say the yacht is set to offer the highest grade of luxury, similar to the Eclipse yacht.
This means there will be a movie theater, built-in spa, helicopter landing pad, multiple pools/jacuzzis, a mini-submarine and its own missile defense system (you never know).
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