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Octopus (yacht) Octopus. (yacht) 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.
Bayesian was a flybridge sloop designed by Ron Holland [1] and built by Perini Navi with a 56 m (184 ft) long aluminium hull and superstructure and a single-masted cutter rig. One of the world's largest sailing yachts, it was one of a number of similar vessels from this designer and shipyard, though the only one of their ten 56-metre series ...
Ocean Victory is a Fincantieri super yacht, designed by Espen Øino (Oeino) and Alberto Pinto. [1] At 140m long she was at the time of her construction one of the top 10 largest yachts in the world. She is reported to have seven decks, a helipad, six pools, and can accommodate a 14m tender in a floodable garage. [1] [2] She can accommodate 36 ...
Capacity. 72 passengers (as Mandalay) [3] Crew. about 28 (as Mandalay) [3] The SV Mandalay is a three-masted schooner measuring 163.75 ft (49.91 m) pp, [2] with a wrought iron hull. It was built as the private yacht Hussar (IV), and would later become the research vessel Vema, one of the world's most productive oceanographic research vessels.
112. Aviation facilities. Helicopter deck, max. helicopter weight 12.8 tonnes. RV Falkor (too) is an oceanographic research vessel refitted in 2021–2022 from the former multi-role offshore support vessel MS Polar Queen. The ship was purchased by the Schmidt Ocean Institute in March 2021. It replaced the RV Falkor.
Alfa Nero is a super yacht built in 2007. [4]In 2022, Forbes reported that the ship was owned by Andrey Guryev. [5] On Friday June 16, 2023, Alfa Nero was sold to former Google CEO Eric Schmidt for $67.6 million during an auction by the government of Antigua and Barbuda, after it had been abandoned there following the imposition of economic sanctions as a result of the Russian invasion of ...
One 40-foot (12 m) 'stock' Nordhavn was the smallest production powered vessel [4] to circumnavigate the world, from November 3, 2001 - to June 30, 2002. It covered more than 24,000 miles (39,000 km) over some 170 days at sea, starting and ending its circumnavigation at Dana Point, California. [5][6]
8 December 1976 [3] USS Texas (BB-35) is a museum ship in Galveston and former United States Navy New York -class battleship. She was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned on 12 March 1914. [4][5] Texas served in Mexican waters following the "Tampico Incident" but saw no action there, and made numerous sorties into the North Sea during World ...