M/Y ECLIPSE – Finally Launched
On the 12 of June 2009 Roman Abramovich’s motor yacht ECLIPSE underwent a preliminary launch at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg. The superyacht will undergo further construction and finishing before being delivered to the owner later in the year.
The massive displacement superyacht ECLIPSE was designed by Hermidas Atabeyki ,with interior designs done by the very well know designer Terrence Disdale. The mega yacht, after its launch is now the largest private yacht in the world which will have a gross tonnage of around 13,000 tonnes.
No public confirmation has been made about the yacht’s specific features or size. however she is assumed to be measured 170 metres, which indeed makes her the world’s largest yacht in length by around eight meters. She is larger than the UAE royal yacht DUBAI, now second largest, which is just over 162 meters long. The Thyssenkrupp Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg, is a large industrial giant in Germany and the shipbuilder is been absolutely tight-lipped about mega yacht ECLIPSE.
The yacht was expected to be delivered to her owner Roman Abramovich in late 2009, or according to certain reports, may be in 2010. Abramovich’s is now the owner of four motor yachts: Pelorus, Sussurro and Ecstasea and Eclipse. Mr Abramovich used to own “Le Grand Bleu,” henceforth that explorer style mega yacht was presented to his associate and friend, Eugene Shvidler in June of 2006.
The other boats of his, the Pelorus, the Ecstasea and the Sussurro measures 377ft, 282ft and 161ft respectively. All of these yachts are huge by world terms, and are listed in the top 100 largest yachts, however the Eclipse dwarfs them all.
M/Y Eclipse is reported to be having at least two helicopter pads, several jacuzzis, a swimming pool, three larger tenders, and a private submarine. There have also been reports about the motor yacht’s various high tech security technology, such as motion sensors, armour plating, and escape sub and a special missile detection defense system.
- Saloni Shah.
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