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It retained this status for 22 years until it was overtaken by Dubai in 2006. [2] Designed by Maierform and built in 1984 by Helsingør Værft [da; de] in Helsingør, Denmark, the first owner was the late King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. The yacht is owned by the Saudi royal family. [3] The 147-metre-long ship has a beam of 18.3 m and a draught of 4.9 m.
Then it was sold in 1991 [6] for $20 million to Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal who renamed the yacht Kingdom 5KR. [ 3 ] [ 7 ] The yacht's latest name stems from the Prince's investment company, Kingdom Holding Company , his lucky number (5), and his children's initials ("K" and "R").
Al Salamah is a motor yacht which was the property of the former Saudi Arabian Crown Prince, Sultan bin Abdulaziz. In 2013 it was put on sale for US$280 million but later it was given to Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa as a gift. [2] At the time of its construction, it was the third largest motor yacht in the world. [3]
Prince Abdul Aziz II: Saudi Royal Yacht: 1984: Rocket 2: Cosmo Line-Tane Yaku Jetfoils: Active No. 24: 929-119: Bima Samudera II: Indonesian Marine: Jul 1984: 1984 Laid-up in Surabaya No. 25: 929-119: Bima Samudera III: Indonesian Marine: 1985: 1985 Laid-up in Surabaya No. 26: 929-117: Jet 8: Jet Line Kansai Kisen: 1985: 1996 Falcon: Sado Steam ...
M/Y Azzam, seen here in Cadiz, Spain, during the summer of 2020, is the world's longest luxury yacht 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.
Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud (Arabic: عبد العزيز بن سلمان آل سعود ʿAbd al ʿAzīz bin Salman Al Suʿūd; born 1960) is a Saudi royal, one of the sons of King Salman and one of the grandsons of Saudi's founder King Abdulaziz, and a politician who has served as the Saudi Arabian minister of energy since September 2019.
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[2] In 1984, its title as the largest super yacht was taken by Prince Abdulaziz, after having retained it for 119 years. [3] It is the oldest active super yacht in the world and the eleventh largest in 2023. The ship is cared for by the Egyptian Navy, and is occasionally used as a Presidential Yacht. The ship goes to sea about three times a ...