Yas (yacht)
![]() Yas in port in Barcelona, 2015. | |
History | |
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Name | HNLMS Piet Hein |
Namesake | Piet Pieterszoon Hein |
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Builder | Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde |
Laid down | 28 April 1977 |
Launched | 3 June 1978 |
Commissioned | 14 April 1981 |
Decommissioned | 1998 |
Fate | Sold to United Arab Emirates |
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Name | Al Emirat |
Owner | United Arab Emirates Navy |
Acquired | 1998 |
Commissioned | 1998 |
Decommissioned | 2005 |
Fate | Rebuild as yacht |
United Arab Emirates | |
Name | Yas |
Owner | Hamdan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan[1] |
Acquired | 2005 |
Commissioned | 2015 |
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Status | in active service |
General characteristics before being rebuild as yacht | |
Displacement |
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Length | 135 m (442 ft 11 in) |
Beam | 14.4 m (47 ft 3 in) |
Draft | 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Endurance | 4,700 nautical miles @ 16 knots (8,700 km @ 30 km/h) |
Complement | 176–196 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × Sea Lynx helicopters (1 in peace-time) |
Yas is a private superyacht rebuilt by ADMShipyards of Abu Dhabi, launched in 2011 and delivered in 2015.[2] At 141 metres (463 ft) in length she is one of the largest motor yachts in the world.[3]
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Named Swift141 during development, Yas is based on the hull of a former navy frigate. HNLMS Piet Hein, a Kortenaer-class frigate of the Royal Netherlands Navy was launched in 1978 and sold to the United Arab Emirates Navy where she was operated under the name Al Emirat. A second frigate of the same class is undergoing a similar conversion: HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen, renamed Abu Dhabi and Swift135.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ ‘YachtFan’, Peter (2023). "Yacht » Yas". SuperYachtFan. SuperYachtFan. Archived from the original on 2023-03-15. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ^ "First photos of dolphin-inspired superyacht Yas underway". Boat International.
- ^ Vicky Kapur (2011-12-03). "6th largest yacht launched in Abu Dhabi". Emirates 24/7.
- ^ Teake Zuidema (2009-11-15). "Nederlandse fregatten worden superjachten in Abu Dabi". Technisch Weekblad (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
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