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80m / 262'6 | damen yachting | 2022.
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Special Features:
- Built in 2022
- Lloyds Register classification
- Interior design from Damen Yachting
- Up to 26 crew
- Sleeps 8 overnight
The 80m/262'6" motor yacht 'U-81' (ex. Naghi 1000) was built by Damen Yachting in the Netherlands at their Sharjah shipyard. Her interior is styled by Dutch designer design house Damen Yachting and she was completed in 2022. This luxury vessel's exterior design is the work of Azure Yacht Design.
Guest Accommodation
U-81 has been designed to comfortably accommodate up to 8 guests in 4 suites. She is also capable of carrying up to 26 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht experience.
Range & Performance
U-81 is built with a steel hull and steel superstructure. Powered by twin diesel-electric Caterpillar (3512C) 1,947hp engines, she comfortably cruises at 12 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 16 knots. She was built to Lloyds Register classification society rules.
Length | 80m / 262'6 |
Beam | 16.2m / 53'2 |
Draft | 6.15m / 20'2 |
Gross Tonnage | 3,040 GT |
Cruising Speed | 12.5 Knots |
Built | |
Builder | Damen Yachting |
Model | Conversion |
Exterior Designer | Azure Yacht Design |
Interior Design | Damen Yachting |
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M/Y U-81
Length | 80m / 262'6 |
Builder | |
Exterior Designer | Azure Yacht Design |
Interior Design | Damen Yachting |
Built | Refit | 2022 |
Model | |
Beam | 16.2m / 53'2 |
Gross Tonnage | 3,040 GT |
Draft | 6.15m / 20'2 |
Cruising Speed | 12.5 Knots |
Top Speed | 16 Knots |
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80m Damen support vessel U-81 spotted cruising to Spain
The 80.1-metre Damen support vessel U-81 has been spotted in the North Sea following a brief yard period at Zwijnenburg shipyard in IJsselwerf, the Netherlands. According to BOATPro , she left the Damen ship repair site in early February, touched into the UK close to Ipswich on the eastern coast, and then headed to Zwijnenburg with a new tender stored on the aft deck.
She has since arrived in the Mediterranean basin, stopping in Gibraltar on 2 June and heading onwards to Cartagena.
U-81 underwent a full-scale conversion to turn her into a support vessel, having started life as an offshore oil and gas platform at one of Damen's commercial sites in Asia. Construction on the semi-complete hull known as Naghi 1000 halted in the mid-2010s, but last year it resurfaced as U-81 following a conversion at a Damen facility in the UAE.
Azure Naval Architects was chosen to oversee the refit and conversion project, maintaining the vessel's utilitarian look, recessed aft deck and high forebody connected to a helipad. Space below the helipad can be used for storing tenders and toys, while the aft deck has further space for a sizeable chase boat with quadruple outboard engines and a hardtop.
With the tenders launched, the space can double as a basketball court and there is a crane on hand for easy launch and recovery.
While she is technically the largest yacht in Damen's yacht support fleet, she is not the largest purpose-built support vessel in the Damen Yachting fleet; this crown belongs to Abeona , the support vessel of the world's largest sailing yacht Koru .
U-81 is frequently seen alongside her mothership, the 89-metre Here Comes the Sun .
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U81 will support his superyacht Here Comes The Sun and his new yacht currently under construction in The Netherlands. U-81 carries a Bell 429 helicopter with registration ZK-HUY. (ZK means she is registered in New Zealand). How Much is the U-81 Yacht? Her value is $100 million. Her annual running costs are around $15 million. The price of a ...
U-81 is a motor yacht with an overall length of m. The yacht's builder is Damen Shipyards from The Netherlands, who launched U-81 in 2022. The superyacht has a beam of m, a draught of m and a volume of . GT.. U-81 features exterior design by Damen Yachting. U-81 has a steel hull and a steel superstructure. She is powered by 2 Caterpillar Inc engines 2 Caterpillar Inc engines. ...
16.2 m. U-81, a 80.1 m Motor Yacht built in the United Arab Emirates and delivered in 2022, is the flagship of Damen Yachting. Her top speed is 13.5 kn and her cruising speed is 11.0 kn and her power comes from two Caterpillar diesel electric engines. She has a gross tonnage of 3435.0 GT and a 16.2 m beam. She was designed by Tam Elder Design ...
Up to 26 crew. Sleeps 8 overnight. The 80m/262'6" motor yacht 'U-81' (ex. Naghi 1000) was built by Damen Yachting in the Netherlands at their Sharjah shipyard. Her interior is styled by Dutch designer design house Damen Yachting and she was completed in 2022. This luxury vessel's exterior design is the work of Azure Yacht Design.
U81 will support his superyacht Here Comes The Sun and his new yacht currently under construction in The Netherlands. U-81 carries a ਬੇਲ 429 ਹੈਲੀਕਾਪਟਰ ਰਜਿਸਟਰੇਸ਼ਨ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ ZK-HUY. (ZK means she is registered in New Zealand). How Much is the U-81 Yacht?
The 80.1-metre Damen support vessel U-81 has been spotted in the North Sea following a brief yard period at Zwijnenburg shipyard in IJsselwerf, the Netherlands. According to BOATPro, she left the Damen ship repair site in early February, touched into the UK close to Ipswich on the eastern coast, and then headed to Zwijnenburg with a new tender ...
The 80m/ 262ft converted yacht support vessel, one of the largest afloat, seems to suppo... U-81 arrived in Holland for Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam this morning.
The Damen conversion support yacht U-81 has completed her conversion and arrived in Palma. Refits & Conversions Damen Shipyards' 80m support yacht U-81 completes conversion. Written by SuperYacht Times. Wed, 22 Jun 2022 | 10:15.
CONVERSIONS. The 80.1-metre support yacht U-81, one of the largest superyacht support vessels ever constructed, was recently completed at the Albwardy Damen shipyard in Sharjah, UAE. The vessel left the shipyard on 17 May 2022 and arrived in Palma on 2 June 2022. She did not, however, start her life as a superyacht support vessel.
The 80m support yacht U-81, built by Damen Shipyards, is seen here cruising in La-Seyne-sur-Mer. Photo of the Day Damen Shipyards' support yacht U-81 in La-Seyne-sur-Mer. Written by Léandre Loyseau. Wed, 17 Aug 2022 | 08:00.
Brand new, U-81 Explorer Yacht build by Damen Shipyards from The Netherlands, launched in 2022. The superyacht is 80 m long and has a beam of 16,2 m, docked ...
A support vessel so exclusive it could be considered a mothership—this is Damen Yachting's U-81. This extraordinary 262-footer, surpassing most superyachts in length, stands out as one of the most exclusive support vessels globally. U-81, the property of the esteemed New Zealand billionaire Graeme Hart, underwent a comprehensive transformation to become a top-tier support vessel.
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A peek into the crew life onboard U-81, a 80m | 262ft superyacht support vessel carrying toys and equipment for the 89m | 292ft motor yacht 'Here Comes the Sun'. What makes it truly special is that initially, this vessel was built in 2015 as a Platform Supply Vessel for oil platforms at shipyard facility in Vietnam.
He is reportedly still the owner of the yacht Ulysses, although some of our sources claim he sold her to Yuri Milner.He also sold his previous yacht (now named Andromeda). to Milner. We can link the following yachts to Hart: the Amels Here Comes The Sun, the U81 support vessel, the CRN yacht Odyssey, and he is building a new superyacht in the Netherlands.
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