Wednesday, December 5, 2007

# 6 Savarona

# Length: 408 ft - 124 m
# Launched: 1931 Refit: 1992
# Builder: Blohm & Voss
# Architect: Cox & Stevens
# Engines: 2 x 2500 hp Caterpillars
# Notes: Savarona is the largest private (none royal) yacht in the world. Emily Cadwalader ordered Savarona at the famous german shipyard Blohm & Voss, Hamburg in 1930.
In 1938 the Turkish goverment bought the yacht for Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.Later she became a training ship for the navy. Then she has had a very extensive refit and is now for charter.
# Owner: Kahraman Sadıkoğlu a Turkish businessman. He owns the Istanbul-based Tuzla Shipyard and is the head of Dubai-based International Marine Contractors.