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Octopus is a 126-metre (413 ft) megayacht built for Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. She is one of the world's largest yachts. Launched in 2003 at a cost of $200 million, [1] Octopus is a private vessel that has been loaned out for exploration projects, scientific research and rescue missions. [2]
Aquino administration (2010-2016) The 15th president of the Philippines, Benigno S. Aquino III, rechristened the presidential yacht with its old name, the BRP Ang Pangulo (AT-25). On 14 December 2011, the yacht joined the fleet in a ceremony, together with the newly refurbished Hamilton-class cutter named the BRP Gregorio del Pilar.
This list of motor yachts by length, is a table of the world's longest active superyachts, with an overall length of at least 75 metres (246 ft) and up. These boats are also known as "megayachts", "gigayachts" and even "terayachts", usually depending on length. [ 1][ 2] It has been generally accepted by naval architects and industry executives ...
Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3. Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three (MTBRon 3) was a United States Navy squadron based at Cavite, Philippines, from September 1941 to mid-April 1942. It was commanded by Lieutenant John D. Bulkeley and made up of six motor torpedo boats: PT-31, PT-32, PT-33, PT-34, PT-35, and PT-41, the last as the squadron flagship.
USS Sequoia is the former presidential yacht used during the administrations of Herbert Hoover through Jimmy Carter; setting a cost-cutting example, Carter ordered her sold in 1977. Often called the “floating White House”, the Sequoia offered presidents, first families and high-ranking government officials a place to escape the complexities ...
Eclipse. (yacht) M/Y Eclipse is a superyacht built by Blohm+Voss of Hamburg, Germany, the third longest afloat. Her exterior and interior were designed by Terence Disdale. The yacht is owned by Roman Abramovich, and was delivered on 9 December 2010. At 162.5 metres (533 ft 2 in) long [5] Eclipse was the world's longest private yacht until Azzam ...
16.3 knots (30.2 km/h; 18.8 mph) (trial) Range. 3,800 nautical miles (7,000 km; 4,400 mi) Dancing Hare (formerly Lady Ghislaine and Lady Mona K) is a superyacht built by Amels in 1986. Built for Emad Khashoggi, it was then purchased, also in 1986, by Robert Maxwell, who died by drowning while cruising on the yacht off the Canary Islands.
Boat terminologies were used for ranks, place names, and even personal names, even in island interiors. [13] [22] Among the Sama-Bajau people of the southern Philippines, various types of bangka like the djenging and the lepa served as houseboats of nuclear families and often sail together in clan flotillas. [24]