Destriero

History
Italy
Name: Destriero
Owner: Aga Khan IV[1]
Builder: Fincantieri
Launched: 1991
General characteristics
Type: Private yacht
Displacement: 400 long tons (406 t)
Length: 68.19 m (223.7 ft)
Beam: 13 m (43 ft)
Propulsion: 3 × GE Aviation LM1600 gas turbine engines, 60,000 hp (45,000 kW)
Speed: 59.4 knots (110.0 km/h; 68.4 mph)

Destriero is a 67-metre (220 ft) long, 13-metre (43 ft) wide, 400-ton displacement, 60,000-horsepower (45,000 kW) yacht built by Fincantieri in 1991.

The yacht was originally fitted with three GE Aviation LM1600 gas turbines,[2] providing her with a maximum speed of 110 kilometres per hour (68 mph; 59 kn) and raced for the Blue Riband award in 1992, but was denied it, because Destriero was classed as a "private yacht" and not a "commercial passenger vessel", despite sailing at an as yet unbeaten speed record of 53.1 knots average from New York to England without refueling.[3]

The ship was "laid up" in HMNB Devonport dockyard, Plymouth, England for ten years, but was removed in February 2009, reportedly for Lürssen ship yard.

References

  1. ↑ Robinson, Wills. "Multi-millionaire Aga Khan jets into Plymouth to pick up his £200m super-yacht". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  2. ↑ "Pleasure Craft/Yacht Experience: In fact, the Destriero — powered by three LM1600 gas turbines Destriero won Italy's prestigious Blue Riband in 1992 for the fastest transatlantic crossing.". Geae.com. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
  3. ↑ "Destriero Laid Up at Devonport - August 26, 2006". Irishseashipping.com. Retrieved 2012-09-18.

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