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''Bash'' (originally named ''Jonikal'', then ''Sokar'') is a 
luxury yacht
A superyacht or megayacht is a large and luxurious pleasure vessel. There are no official or agreed upon definitions for such yachts, but these terms are regularly used to describe professionally crewed motor or sailing yachts, ranging from to ...
formerly owned by Egyptian businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed
Mohamed Al-Fayed (; arz, محمد الفايد ; born 27 January 1929) is an Egyptian-born businessman whose residence and chief business interests have been in the United Kingdom since the late 1960s. His business interests include ownership of ...
, the former owner of Harrods
Harrods Limited is a department store located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, England. It is currently owned by the state of Qatar via its sovereign wealth fund, the Qatar Investment Authority. The Harrods brand also applies to other ...
department store in Knightsbridge
Knightsbridge is a residential and retail district in central London, south of Hyde Park. It is identified in the London Plan as one of two international retail centres in London, alongside the West End.
Toponymy
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. The vessel was sold in 2014 after being on the market for many years. Until July 2021 she was named after the Egyptian mythology
Egyptian mythology is the collection of myths from ancient Egypt, which describe the actions of the Egyptian gods as a means of understanding the world around them. The beliefs that these myths express are an important part of ancient Egyptia ...
falcon god Sokar. She was renamed ''Bash'' on July 15, 2021. The yacht was designed by naval architect Vincenzo Ruggiero in the late 1980s and built by Codecasa
Codecasa is an Italian luxury super yacht building firm, founded in Viareggio by Giovanni Battista Codecasa in 1825.
History
The shipyard Codecasa was created by Giovanni Battista Codecasa in 1825.
Today, under the direction of the sixth genera ...
in Italy and launched in 1990. She has a length of making her the 89th largest yacht in the world in 2007. She is equipped with two engines. The yacht has a beam of and a draft of .
Al-Fayed has often kept the yacht moored in the harbour of Monaco since the 1990s but she is registered in Bermuda
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and flies the Flag of Bermuda. In August 1997 Mohamed's son Dodi Fayed
Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Mena'em Fayed (; arz, عماد الدين محمد عبد المنعم الفايد, ʿImād ed-Dīn Muḥammad ʿAbd el-Munʿim el-Fāyid , 17 April 1955 – 31 August 1997), better known as Dodi Fayed ( ar, دودى ...
and Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) and mother of Princes William and Harry. Her ac ...
were extensively photographed on the yacht shortly before their deaths in Paris.
Yachting Partners International have attempted to buy the yacht on numerous occasions, offering $32 million and $30 million for the yacht in 2005. In 2001 Al-Fayed had also attempted to sell the yacht for a reported $40 million. After years on the market and numerous price reductions, she was finally sold in 2014 to an unknown buyer for under $13 million.
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