Royal Denship
Royal Denship was a Danish multi-facility conglomerate ship and yacht builder. Presently in administration,[1] the company has created some of the worlds largest super yachts.
Royal Denship constructed yachts across six ship yards, constructing motor, expedition and sailing yachts. Among Royal Denship’s partners were Assens Shipyard, Danyard Aalborg Yachts, Fredericia Shipyard, Tuco Yacht Vaerft and Aarhus Shipyards.
On April 3 2009 Royal Denship was declared bankrupt by the Bankruptcy Court in Aarhus[2].
Partners
- Aarhus Shipyard: located in Aarhus, the yard is owned by the P&S Group, who also owns Petersen & Sorensen Motorvaerksted Ltd., Marstal Shipyard Ltd. and Thurobund Yacht Yard Ltd. The shipyard has two floating docks with the dimensions 90 x 16.5 x 5.2m with a lifting capacity of 1.750 tons and 70 x 13 x 4m with lifting capacity of 650 tons.
- Assens Shipyard: located on Funen, founded in the 1900's the yard now covers 50,000 square meters. New build experience include trawlers, ferries, passenger ships, tugs, and special construction such as luxury yachts.
- Danyard Aalborg: located in Aalborg, the company specialises in aluminium and composite based construction techniques. The company has constructed corvettes for the Royal Danish Navy, as well as commercial cruise ships, and ocean patrol vessels. Danyard Aalborg builds the Royal Denship 125 Classic, and the Royal Denship 135 Classic.
- Fredericia Shipyard: located on the east coast of Jutland in Fredericia, it is the largest new build and repair yard in Denmark with a workforce of about 300. Founded by the Andersen family in 1916, it is still privately owned. The yard includes two floating docks of 20.000 tons and 12.000 tons respectively, a dry-dock of 108 x 22 x 5 m, and a slipway of 1.000 tons.
- TUCO: located in Faaborg on the island of Funen, TUCO is a specialist composite material motor and sailing yacht builder
Yachts built
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