''Azzam'' ( en, Resolute) is a private
super yacht built by
German
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shipyard
Lürssen Yachts
Lürssen (or Lürssen Werft) is a German shipyard with headquarters in Bremen-Vegesack and shipbuilding facilities in Lemwerder, Berne and Bremen-Fähr-Lobbendorf.
Lürssen designs and constructs yachts, naval ships and special vessels. Tradin ...
. ''Azzam'' was launched on 5 April 2013. At in length, it is the
longest private motor yacht in the world. It has a
beam
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of and an unusually shallow
draft
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of . The yacht was delivered on 9 September 2013.
Engineering
Engineer Mubarak Saad al Ahbabi directed the construction of ''Azzam'', with technical engineering by Lürssen Yachts including design by Nauta Yachts and interior design by Christophe Leoni. Following a year of engineering, the yacht was built in three years, which is a record building time according to ''Superyacht Times''. ''Azzam'' possesses the ability to travel at high speed in shallow waters.
Features
Among many other features, the yacht has a main salon with a length of and a beam of with an open plan and no pillars. It can travel in excess of powered by a combination of two gas turbines and two diesel engines with a total power output of through four
pump-jet
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s.
Two of the pump-jets are non-movable round water outlets in the middle of the stern, and two with thrust vectoring capabilities using moveable duct water outlets positioned on either side of the non-movable ones.
At an estimated cost of $605 million, it cost approximately $100 million more than the third-largest private motor yacht, ''
Eclipse
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Ownership and use
''Azzam'' was commissioned by
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan ( ar, خليفة بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان; 7 September 1948 – 13 May 2022) was the second president of the United Arab Emirates and the ruler of Abu Dhabi, serving f ...
, president of the
United Arab Emirates
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(until his death in 2022). The yacht is listed for charter without a price; however, according to
''Motor Boat & Yacht'' magazine, however it is not available for charter; the charter listing, similar to
Roman Abramovich
Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich (, ; he, רומן ארקדיביץ' אברמוביץ'; born 24 October 1966) is a Russian Russian oligarchs, oligarch and politician. He is the former owner of Chelsea F.C., Chelsea, a Premier League football club ...
's ''Eclipse'', is aimed to avoid European taxation, as charter yachts are exempt from property tax.
References
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Motor yachts
Ships built in Bremen (state)
2013 ships
Ships of the United Arab Emirates
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