al-Mansur (ship)

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al-Mansur
The al-Mansur, 1982
The al-Mansur , 1982
Ship data
flag Iraq 1991Iraq Iraq
Ship type yacht
Shipyard Oy Wärtsilä Ab , Turku
Build number 1262
takeover March 26, 1983
Whereabouts Sunk in 2003
Ship dimensions and crew
length
121.01 m ( Lüa )
width 17.53 m
Draft Max. 5.51 m
displacement 7359  t
 
crew 120 men
Machine system
machine 2 × diesel
Machine
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format 		21,720 kW (29,531 hp)
Top
speed 		20 kn (37 km / h)
Transport capacities
Permitted number of passengers 20th

The al-Mansur (in German : "The winner") was a mega-yacht that belonged to the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein .

Construction and operation

The ship, with a displacement of 7,359 tons, eight decks and a length of 120 meters, was delivered on March 26, 1983 from the Wärtsilä shipyard in Finland . The crew were 120 men on board. The central hall could be used for celebrations with up to 200 people, one of the main tasks of the ship. However, there were only ten double cabins for guests on board. A submarine rescue capsule (mini submarine) was built in to give Hussein an escape route in an emergency.

destruction

After the beginning of the Iraq war , Hussein ordered the relocation of the yacht from the southern port of Umm Qasr to the inner port facilities of Basra .

The al-Mansur was in attacks of American air forces of several smaller US Navy made bombs. Their upper deck and large parts of the superstructure were almost completely destroyed by the explosions and the fires that were triggered. The burned out and capsized wreck is still in the urban area of ​​Basra in the Shatt al-Arab (position 30 ° 31 ′ 38 ″  N , 47 ° 50 ′ 25 ″  E coordinates: 30 ° 31 ′ 38 ″  N , 47 ° 50 ′ 25 ″  O ).

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