The giant sailing yacht of Russian billionaire Andrey Melchenko. The new superyacht of the Russian oligarch, trimmed inside with the skin of sharks and crocodiles
Note that Eclipse was once the largest in the world - until the yacht was built for the President of the UAE.
Take a look at the 5 longest yachts of Russian billionaires:
1. Eclipse
Shipyard: Blohm+Voss (Germany)
Estimated owner: Roman Abramovich
Yacht length: 162.5 m
Estimated value: $460 million
The yacht was built in 2010 at the German shipyard Blohm+Voss (purchased by Lurssen). At that time it was considered the largest yacht in the world, but a few years later the 180-meter Azzam was commissioned for the President of the UAE. Eclipse has nine decks, a displacement of 13,500 tons, and a crew of 70 people. It can carry two helicopters, four pleasure boats, 20 scooters and a mini-submarine. The boat has a cinema room, a wine cellar and a 16-meter swimming pool that turns into a dance floor. The yacht is equipped with bulletproof glass, a missile attack warning system, and a system for combating paparazzi.
2. Dilbar
Shipyard: Lurssen (Germany)
Estimated owner: Alisher Usmanov
Yacht length: 156 m
Estimated value: $550 million
The boat is named after the mother of Alisher Usmanov. It is the most spacious yacht in the world, its gross tonnage is 15,917 tons. The vessel can move at a cruising speed of 22.5 knots (about 42 km/h). Dilbar set several more records: it houses the largest yacht pool - 180 cubic meters. m and the most powerful diesel power plant at 30,000 kW. Total area internal premises - 3,800 sq. m. The length of the electrical wiring on the vessel exceeds 1,100 km. Dilbar has two helipads, a cinema, an elevator, and a jacuzzi. Up to 40 guests can be on board at the same time.
3. Sailing Yacht A
Shipyard: Nobiskrug (Germany)
Country of registration of the vessel: Bermuda
Yacht length: 142.8 m
Estimated cost: $425 million
In mid-2015, Melnichenko ordered Sailing Yacht A from Germany. The boat has six decks, and its masts are higher than Big Ben (more than 100 m). The sailboat has eight decks, the hull includes one of the largest curved glasses in the world - a sheet area of 58.8 square meters. m, and it weighs about 2 tons. The ship has an underwater room. More than 50 people are needed to service the boat. The yacht is capable of speeds of over 20 knots per hour (37 km/h).
4.Ocean Victory
Shipyard: Fincantieri (Italy)
Estimated owner: Victor Rashnikov
Country of registration of the vessel: Cayman Islands
Yacht length: 140 m
Estimated value: $310 million
The contract for the construction of the yacht was signed at the end of 2009, and the boat was handed over to Rashnikov in December 2014. The yacht has seven decks, several swimming pools up to 8 m long, a helipad, beach club and an elevator connecting the decks. The boat has a floodable dock that accommodates a 14-metre tender. In 2016, Russian billionaire Yuri Shefler filed a claim for €20.9 million against the Italian shipyard Fincantieri, which built his 134-meter yacht Serene in 2011. He accused the Italians of using his yacht's design to create Ocean Victory.
5. Motor Yacht A
Shipyard: Blohm+Voss (Germany)
Estimated owner: Andrey Melnichenko
Vessel's country of registration: Marshall Islands
Yacht length: 119 m
Estimated cost: $255 million
Melnichenko's first large boat was built in 2008 by the German company Blohm & Voss. The yacht has an avant-garde design and looks like a submarine. Maximum speed- 24 knots (44 km/h). Motor Yacht A accommodates 14 guests and 42 crew. Eat helipad, an amphibious vessel, a car garage and three swimming pools. It is known that some interior details, such as staircase handrails, are made of silver. Melnichenko's main cabin has an area of 240 square meters. m, 44 mm glass on the windows can withstand a grenade explosion.
44-year-old native of Gomel Andrei Melnichenko is sometimes called the “king of fertilizers”: among his assets is OJSC Eurochem, the largest in Russia and one of the world’s largest producers of mineral fertilizers. Melnichenko's beneficial share in OJSC Eurochem is 90%. Approximately the same share is in OJSC Siberian Coal Energy Company, the largest in Russia and one of the leading coal companies in the world, and Siberian Generating Company LLC, the leading electric power company in Siberia. Melnichenko's fortune is estimated at $13.4 billion; in 2016, he took 139th place in the Forbes world ranking of billionaires and 11th among Russian billionaires.
Melnichenko’s new sailing yacht is called the largest in the world, or at least one of the largest. It has eight floors and an underwater deck, the length of the vessel is 142 meters, the height is 91 meters. The area of its sails on three masts exceeds the area of a football field, and the ship is served by a crew of 54 people, reports lenta.ru. This is the oligarch’s second yacht: the businessman also owns motor yacht “A”, launched in the summer of 2008 after four years of construction. They say that both yachts with the letter “A” are named after his wife Alexandra.
The detention of the new yacht, which arrived in Gibraltar to complete finishing work, is associated with a claim by its manufacturer, the German company Nobiskrug, whose lawyers filed a lawsuit for breach of contract. It claims that the customer, Valla Yachts Limited, did not transfer the last payment of 9.8 million euros on time. The shipbuilders also had other claims in connection with debts on subcontractor accounts, and their total amount is 15.3 million euros.
The 44-year-old owner of the fortune has two reasons to be proud: his wife and yachts. In 2005, the Russian oligarch married the former Miss Yugoslavia, Serbian top model Aleksandra Nikolic, whose wedding cost him $40 million. Therefore, when three years later, in 2008, Melnichenko built himself a new yacht worth $320 million. , he had not the slightest doubt what name to give the ship. He named the yacht briefly and laconically, in honor of his beloved wife (and a little in honor of himself): “A”. Since then, the vessel has been considered one of the most famous and luxurious on the planet...
Looking at the unusual ship, Londoners took pictures against its background and published the footage on social networks. Pictures of “A” plying along the main river of the British capital circulated in the English media. “Tens of thousands of ships have passed under Tower Bridge, but few have been as big and luxurious as this one,” writes the Daily Mail. Megayacht “A” was designed by the famous French designer Philippe Starck and built at the Hamburg shipyard Blohm + Voss. The length of the vessel is 119 meters. The design of the yacht caused a variety of opinions. The yacht has been compared to submarines and warships, and journalists agreed that “this is the most attractive and repulsive ship in the world.”
From the blog Spacious, with an area of 240 square meters, Melnichenko’s cabin is located above the wheelhouse. A spiral staircase leads to it along the walls lined with silver sheets, the railings of which cost the billionaire $60 thousand. The double bed stands on a podium that rotates at the touch of a button. Another button controls the rotation of the bed itself, so that the owner lying on it can admire the sunset and sunrise from any position. The faucet alone in the yacht owner's bathroom cost him 40 thousand dollars... The yacht also has three swimming pools, one of which has a glass floor, a helipad, boats and even its own submarine...
Melnichenko has long been able to afford not to sit for days in a stuffy office, but to enjoy the fresh sea breeze on board his yacht in the company of his beautiful wife. With these two things, in fact, he has been making headlines in recent years, inviting Hollywood stars of the rank of Demi Moore and Sharon Stone to stay on his ship. Over the course of several years, yacht “A” has been spotted in various parts of the world.
From the blog Over time, the old yacht seemed a little cramped to the billionaire, and last year he built another, larger one, worth $450 million. The oligarch again named the new vessel “A” (Sailing Yacht A), its length is 142 meters. She became the ninth in the list of the largest yachts on the planet.
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This is already the second ship of Russian businessman Andrei Melnichenko. It is even larger and more luxurious... It is a real sea giant, 143 m long, 25 m wide. And the tops of its masts are located a hundred meters above the water level! Sailing yacht "A" was designed by Philippe Starck and built by Nobiskrug at the Kiel shipyard. She has a steel hull with a displacement of 12,700 tons with a composite superstructure. The yacht has eight decks lined with teak. “Underwater” camera for monitoring the inhabitants of the sea.
From the blog "A", the world's largest sailing ship, is propelled by the wind and propellers. The rotating monolithic masts, approximately 90 meters high, are made from carbon fiber at the Trafalgar shipyard in Portsmouth (UK). The rotating booms are built in Valencia (Spain) and the 4,460 square meter sails are built in the USA. All sailing equipment of the vessel is installed and retracted and controlled fully automatically.
From the blog The yacht's hybrid power plant contains two MTU 20V 4000 ML73 diesel engines of 3600 kW each and two electric motors of 4300 kW each. With them, yacht “A” develops a cruising speed of 16 knots (30 km/h) and a maximum speed of 21 knots (39 km/h). The range is 5,320 nautical miles (9,850 km). The yacht is managed by a crew of 54 people.
A yacht is not a means of transportation, but rather a tribute to luxury and comfort, so only the bravest and wealthiest oligarchs decide to buy it. Russian billionaires are at the forefront of this list.
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Businessman and Chesley owner Roman Abramovich is considered the first Russian billionaire to decide to spend hundreds of millions on the purchase of yachts. He renews his “park” every couple of years. Abramovich contracted his love for yachts from his friend Boris Berezovsky. For a while they tried to compete to see who had better and bigger boats, but soon Berezovsky got into debt and dropped out of the yacht race.
Abramovich, meanwhile, bought his first floating miracle - Le Grand Bleu in 2001 for $100 million. The length of the yacht is 113 m. After that, the businessman purchased a high-speed boat Sussurro (50 m), which could accelerate to 85 km/h. In 2004, his collection was replenished with the 115-meter Pelorus for $129 million, which later passed to his ex-wife Irina after a divorce.
The oligarch did not stop there and in 2010 purchased the expedition yacht Luna, which was then valued at around $800 million. The length of the yacht is 115 meters, but its main value is that it can sail in any conditions - from the hot tropics to frosty Antarctica. Perhaps Abramovich realized that he was not interested in visiting the penguins and subsequently resold the vessel to a businessman of Azerbaijani origin Farhad Akhmedov, who, by the way, is now fighting for the right to own the yacht with his ex-wife Tatyana. In April, a London court ruled in favor of the ex-wife.
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Abramovich's next addition was the 162-meter Eclipse. At that time it was the longest boat in the world. The businessman managed to conclude such an agreement that the purchase of the yacht cost him $300 million; the remaining expenses were covered by the German shipyard Blohm + Vos. The cost of the yacht, meanwhile, is estimated at more than $900 million.
Eclipse has 9 decks, the largest of which is the owner's personal deck at 56 meters long. The yacht has a cinema, a wine cellar and 24 luxury cabins. Of particular value is the admiral's cabin, with an area of more than 500 meters. There is a stage for performances by invited celebrities. Another attraction of the yacht are two swimming pools, one of which can be converted into a dance floor.
The boat is capable of carrying two helicopters and four pleasure boats. In addition, the ship is equipped with a special area for 20 scooters and even has its own mini-submarine for 12 people. The yacht itself can accommodate more than 30 guests and 92 crew members.
With the advent of the yacht Azzam, which reaches a length of 180.6 m and belongs to the family of the UAE sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Eclipse has lost its primacy in size. However, it still remains one of the most interesting boats, exciting the minds of connoisseurs. Eclipse is equipped with the most modern defense systems and, if necessary, can even track a missile attack.
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Russian billionaire and founder of USM Holdings Alisher Usmanov also chose to invest in a large-scale acquisition and bought the Dilbar yacht, 156 meters long. It is valued at $600 million. The vessel is considered the most spacious of its kind in the world. The design of the yacht is designed so that the area of its internal space is 3,800 square meters.
This made it possible to install the largest yacht pool of 180 cubic meters and a diesel power plant. The yacht also accommodates two helipads and a Jacuzzi and an elevator equipped with the latest technology. It can accommodate up to 40 guests.
The decision to focus on the capacity of the yacht, rather than on its length, is assessed by experts around the world as very prudent. However, in terms of length, the yacht is not much inferior to its analogues and ranks fourth in the world after the Azzam yacht of the family of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Roman Abramovich’s Eclipse (162.5 m) and the Dubai yacht of the Prince of Brunei (162 m).
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Last year, the size of the boat betrayed its owner when the elite port for superyachts in Europe - Barcelona's One Ocean Port Vell - was put up for sale. The name of the buyer was kept secret, however, as soon as the completion of the deal was announced, Dilbar appeared at the port, which allowed local media to guess who the secret buyer was.
It is worth noting that Usmanov named the yacht in honor of his mother. She did not work and devoted herself entirely to raising four children, of whom Alisher was the eldest. And his father held senior positions in the Tashkent prosecutor’s office.
Usmanov recently purchased another yacht, Ona, 110 m long. Its cost is estimated at $210 million. Little is known about the attributes of the new purchase, but the first information is already very interesting. It is reported that the boat meets the most advanced environmental solutions and does not harm environment- its exhaust gases are purified through special carbon filters.
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The first large yacht of the main shareholder, member of the board of directors and chairman of the strategy committee of EuroChem, SUEK and SGK Andrey Melnichenko was the 119-meter Motor Yacht A, which he bought for $323 million. First of all, the vessel attracts attention due to its unusual design in the shape of a submarine. Melnichenko's cabin rotates, which increases comfort when admiring the views of the sea.
The yacht has three swimming pools, a helipad, and a garage for boats (tenders) that transport passengers from and to the yacht. It can accommodate up to 14 guests (6 guest cabins and an owner's cabin). The crew of Motor Yacht A is 35 people.
The most expensive materials were used to decorate the interior. The price of a bathroom faucet, according to media reports, reaches $40 thousand. Silver was used to decorate the railings on the stairs, which raised their value to $60 thousand.
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Motor Yacht A
The oligarch's second yacht is Sailing Yacht A. Its length (142.8 m), as well as its price ($425 million), exceed Motor Yacht A. The vessel has 8 decks and masts more than 100 meters high, which exceeds the height of London's Big Ben. . There is also a special underwater room. A crew of 54 people is required to service the yacht. Sailing Yacht A accommodates 18 guests (8 guest cabins and the owner's cabin).
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The owner of Norilsk Nickel, Vladimir Potanin, has three yachts: Anastasia, Nirvana and Barbara. He named the first one after his daughter. The boat reaches 75.5 m in length, has seven cabins, and can accommodate up to 12 guests. There is also a gym, a cinema with 10 seats and a swimming pool with a transparent bottom. A special source of pride for the yacht is its huge 2,700-liter aquarium. The owner has repeatedly tried to sell the ship, which is valued at $80 million, but so far no buyer has been found for it.
Nirvana is 88.5m long and has six cabins, plus an owner's suite that takes up more than half of the upper deck. The boat also boasts a cinema, bars, a restaurant overlooking the sea, and a gym. The yacht is decorated with a terrarium with exotic reptiles and a large swimming pool for a yacht size, 7.5 m long and 1.4 m deep. Experts estimate the cost of the vessel at $125 million.
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The Barbara boat (88.5 m) is very similar in design to Nirvana and also has a large aquarium with exotic inhabitants. Among other things, it has an office for the owner with a ceiling height of 3.5 meters. The elevator equipment resembles entwined tree roots. The most unusual and exquisite materials were used in the decoration, such as frog skin, puffer fish and Asian buffalo horn, noted Boat. The estimated cost of the vessel starts at $125 million.
It is noteworthy that all three boats have a blue hull, which gives away their owner.
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The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Renova group of companies, Viktor Vekselberg, purchased a simpler yacht: 77.7 meters long and priced at $110 million. He gave it the romantic name Tango. The ship accommodates 14 guests and 22 crew members. The yacht has all the required attributes: a swimming pool, a spa, a jacuzzi, a gym and a helicopter pad.
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In addition, it is equipped with a massage room, a beauty salon and an outdoor cinema.
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President of NK Lukoil Vagit Alekperov, according to media reports, also owns a relatively small yacht Galactica, the length of which is only 50 m. But the boat is capable of reaching a speed of about 53 km/h and has good handling. It is equipped with advanced stabilizers that dampen waves and provide comfort during travel. The boat has only four sleeping places for guests and eight for crew members. Apparently, the owners do not like large and noisy companies.
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It is curious that the most expensive yacht in the world is not the giant one, but the 30-meter History Supreme. Its cost is estimated at $4.8 billion. The thing is that 100 tons of gold and platinum were used to decorate the boat. This jewel belongs to a Malaysian billionaire whose name is unknown.
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How many yachts does Roman Abramovich have and what is their price?
In 2010 after launching " Eclipse"topped the list of the most expensive yachts on the planet. The construction cost for Roman was almost $400 million. But the final estimate increased the price almost 3 times and amounted to 1.2 billion dollars. Technical equipment, luxury elements, as well as the yacht’s security system gave such an increase in price.
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The most interesting thing is that before construction Eclipse Abramovich already owned several floating craft. Of course, their price tag was much more modest. The businessman bought the first two ships at the end of the 20th century from the oligarch Boris Berezovsky. After which, after 20 months, the oligarch awoke a wild passion for these sea giants and the businessman purchased the fifty-meter vessel Sussurro for forty-nine million US dollars. The vessel was serviced by a staff of ten people, and about five million dollars approximate price yacht maintenance per year.
Appetites grew and already at the end of 2002 Roman acquired another vessel Olympia(Olympia). The length of the new yacht was slightly longer and was already 60 meters in length. The price tag was already astounding, fifty million and additional investments of $5 million to improve the new vehicle. 
Owner of a yacht Pelorus The novel became worth almost 8 billion rubles in 2003. The time that has passed since the purchase of the first yachts has only intensified the passion for watercraft. Abramovich invested about three hundred million rubles in improving the yacht. Despite the fact that the yachts were purchased on the secondary market, they were very luxurious and everyone would be jealous. Without thinking twice, the Russian businessman, and today an Israeli citizen, buys an incredible floating palace. The price tag, of course, was slightly less than the previous purchase, but still impressive - just under 7 billion rubles. The length of the yacht amazed everyone, 108 meters. 
Yachts Pelorus And Le Grand Blue Even then they were included in the list of the largest yachts in the world and shared 8th and 9th places. 
By 2004, the oligarch was ready to order a new vessel. The first yacht made for Roman to order, and not purchased second-hand. The name of the ship was the cost of which was $ 123 US dollars. The speed of movement is about 40 knots. The vessel fell under the “royal class” category. 
All the yachts were a “warm-up” for Roman Arkadyevich. The pearl of the collection was the yacht Eclipse, which in English means Eclipse. The size of the ship is amazing - the largest ship ever built on the planet. 
Every Russian seeing Eclipse literally speechless. The incredibly expensive, powerful and naturally gorgeous yacht belongs to the Russian oligarch Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich. It was built in Hamburg at the Blohm and Voss shipyard. 
Size is not the only advantage of the vessel, Eclipse made with the latest technology, the equipment is simply amazing:
— Several boats for absenteeism.
— Twenty scooters for entertaining friends.
— Two take-off pads for helicopters and, accordingly, helicopters included.
— Your own small boat for deep diving, designed for twelve guests.
— Own air defense system.
— Bulletproof windows in bedrooms and cabins.
— Special equipment that will create interference if you decide to take photos or videos.
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In 2017 it goes on its first voyage sailing yacht"A". This is already the second ship of Russian businessman Andrei Melnichenko. It is even larger and more luxurious than you can imagine.
Motor yacht "A"
The first motor yacht “A” was built according to the design of the French designer Philippe Starck. He drew a sketch of the ship's appearance in just 3.5 hours. The sloping bow and stern make the yacht look like a submarine or battleship from the early 20th century. The yacht cost the Russian entrepreneur approximately $300 million. For this, he received a spacious luxury vessel with a displacement of 6,000 tons, 119 m long and 19 m wide.
Motor yacht “A” was built by shipbuilders from Blohm + Voss at a shipyard in Kiel (Germany). It is powered by two MAN diesel engines, which produce a total of 12,000 hp. power. The maximum speed of the vessel is 23 knots (42 km/h).
The maximum cruising range of the yacht is 6,500 kilometers. This requires 750 tons of fuel.
Motor yacht “A” is designed for only 14 passengers, who have at their disposal rich interiors, designer finds and a lot of entertainment. The interior spaces span 2,200 square meters, including a 230 square meter master suite. Four large cabins can be converted into six suites using sliding walls. The decoration uses genuine leather of sharks and crocodiles. And during the first voyage in 2008, the interior of the yacht became richer by three paintings by Claude Monet.
Philippe Starck, known for his risqué designs, placed lots of mirrors and Baccarat crystals throughout the interior. The latter are used in dishes, cutlery and furniture elements.
At the front of the deck there is a swimming pool and a helipad. At the stern there are two more swimming pools. Through the thickness of the water, the sun's rays illuminate the deck with a disco below.
Sailing yacht "A"
The next vessel of the oligarch Andrei Melnichenko was a sailing yacht with the same name, “A”. This is a real sea giant, 143 m long, 25 m wide. And the tops of its masts are located a hundred meters above the water level!
The sailing monster has already been tested in the fjords of the North Sea. It is expected that in the spring of 2017 “A” will be handed over to the Russian customer, who paid $318 million for it.
Sailing yacht "A" was designed by Philippe Starck and built by Nobiskrug at the Kiel shipyard. She has a steel hull with a displacement of 12,700 tons with a composite superstructure. The yacht has eight decks lined with teak.
"A", the world's largest sailing ship, is propelled by the wind and propellers. The rotating monolithic masts, approximately 90 meters high, are made from carbon fiber at the Trafalgar shipyard in Portsmouth (UK). The rotating booms are built in Valencia (Spain) and the 4,460 square meter sails are built in the USA. All sailing equipment of the vessel is installed and retracted and controlled fully automatically.
The yacht's hybrid power plant contains two MTU 20V 4000 ML73 diesel engines of 3600 kW each and two electric motors of 4300 kW each. With them, yacht “A” develops a cruising speed of 16 knots (30 km/h) and a maximum speed of 21 knots (39 km/h). The range is 5,320 nautical miles (9,850 km). The yacht is managed by a crew of 54 people.
Motor and sailing yachts "A" produce unforgettable experience. They can only be compared with .
