In short
Prince Abdulaziz is a 147-metre motor yacht built by the Danish shipyard Helsingør Værft in 1984 and reported to be owned by the Saudi royal family: according to Boat International, she was delivered to her first owner, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, has served the Saudi royal family ever since and is berthed beside the king's palace in Jeddah (Boat International, February 2025). Boat International writes that her delivery ended El Mahrousa's century-long hold on the title of the world's longest yacht (Boat International), and SuperYacht Times wrote in 2017 that she stayed at the top of its list of the 100 largest yachts until the 162-metre Dubai arrived in 2006 (SuperYacht Times, 14 March 2017). In Boat International's February 2025 ranking she was the ninth-longest yacht in the world. She was designed by Maierform with interiors by the late David Hicks, and was built at a reported cost of $184 million (Boat International). She has been refitted in 1987, 1996 and 2005 (Boat International) and again in 2023 by Palumbo Superyachts Refit, according to YachtBuyer (YachtBuyer).
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Independent coverage we found. We link to it rather than rewrite it.
Specifications
- Length overall
- 147 m (482 ft) 147.01 m in some listings
- Length at waterline
- 131.5 m
- Beam
- 18.3 m
- Draught
- 4.88 m
- Gross tonnage
- 8,233 8,074 in some listings
- Displacement
- 7,363 tonnes
- Shipyard
- Helsingør Værft, Helsingør, Denmark
- Keel laid
- June 1983
- Delivered
- 15 June 1984
- Naval architecture and exterior design
- Maierform
- Interior design
- David Hicks
- Construction
- Steel hull and superstructure, teak decks
- Classification
- Lloyd's Register
- Decks
- 5
- Guests
- 64 in 32 staterooms
- Crew
- 65
- Engines
- 2 × Pielstick 12PC2-5V-400 diesels, about 15,800 hp in total 2 × 5,816 kW in some listings
- Speed
- 22 kn max, 18 kn cruising
- Range
- 5,000 nautical miles at 18 kn
- Refits
- 1987, 1996, 2005 (Boat International); 2023 by Palumbo Superyachts Refit (YachtBuyer)
- Flag
- Marshall Islands
- Home berth
- Beside the king's palace in Jeddah
- On board
- Helipad on the bow, hospital, mosque, cinema, guest lift, lobby said to be modelled on the Titanic's
- Owner
- Reported to be owned by the Saudi royal family; reported first owner King Fahd of Saudi Arabia (Boat International, February 2025)
- Reported cost
- $184 million to build (Boat International, 2025)
- For sale
- Not for sale
Where is she now
Live AIS position on:
IMO 1003308
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Compare with
Yachts close to Prince Abdulaziz in length.
El Mahrousa
150.57 m Samuda Brothers steam yacht, delivered 1865
A+
147.25 m Lürssen motor yacht, delivered 2012 as Topaz
Opera
146.35 m Lürssen motor yacht, delivered 2023
Sources (6)
- Boat International, Superyacht Directory: Prince Abdulaziz
- Boat International, the largest yachts in the world 17 Feb 2025
- YachtBuyer, Prince Abdul Aziz
- SuperYacht Times, Prince Abdulaziz (archived August 2025) 5 Aug 2025
- SuperYacht Times, World's former largest yacht: the 147-metre Prince Abulaziz (archived March 2017) 14 Mar 2017
- vesseltracker, Prince Abdulaziz (IMO 1003308)