Octopus (yacht)

Octopus

The Octopus 2010 in Tallinn

Ship data flag  Cayman Islands Ship type Motor yacht Callsign ZCIS home port George Town Owner Paul Allen (1953-2018) Shipyard Ms. Lürssen Werft , Bremen Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft , Kiel Build number 13622 Launch 2003

Ship dimensions and crew length 126.20 m ( Lüa ) width 21.00 m Draft Max. 5.66 m measurement 9,932 GT   crew 57

Machine system machine diesel-mechanical 8 × MTU, 1,790 kW each Machine performance 14,320 kW (19,470 hp) Top speed 22 kn (41 km / h) propeller 2

Others Classifications Lloyd's Register Registration numbers IMO no. 1007213

The Octopus is a motor yacht that ranks 15th among the longest mega yachts in the world (as of July 2018).

development

The Octopus has a total length of 126 m and was delivered to its owner Paul Allen in 2003 . The yacht has a hangar for two helicopters , a 19 m long dinghy and a submarine for eight people. Side hatches above the waterline serve as a garage for smaller dinghies and jet skis .

It was designed by Espen Øino Naval Architects and built at HDW in Kiel on behalf of Lürssen . The hull is made of steel. It is currently for sale for 295,000,000 euros.

Calls

Paul Allen used the yacht and deep-sea exploration equipment in 2015 to search for the wreck of the Japanese battleship Musashi . The Musashi was sunk in the Sibuyan Sea in October 1944, towards the end of the Pacific War . At the beginning of March 2015, Allen discovered the wreck at a depth of about 1000 meters.

In August 2015, the ship's bell of the battle cruiser Hood in the Denmark Strait was recovered with the help of the Octopus , after the recovery failed in a first attempt in 2012.

literature

• Barry Pickthall: “Allen Vs. Ellison " - Yachting Magazine from June 2005 (Eng.)

Web links

Commons : Octopus  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Photos and information about the Octopus - SYT
• Sale advertisement

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} SuperYachtTimes.com: Motor Yacht - Octopus - Lürssen Yachts - Completed Superyachts. Retrieved February 1, 2012 . 
2. ↑ The 200 largest yachts worldwide. Accessed July 25, 2018
3. ↑ Delius Klasing Verlag, press release of May 3, 2004 ( Memento of the original of September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ^ Finding the Musashi , Paul Allen, March 4, 2015, viewed March 4, 2015.
5. ↑ www.royalnavy.mod.uk: Mighty Hood's bell recovered from sea bed after 74 years below , Royal Navy, August 10, 2015.