Pelorus (from the Greek word “pelorios”, meaning “vast”) is the world's nineteenth largest luxury yacht

Luxury yacht

The term luxury yacht, “Superyacht” and "Large Yacht" refers to very expensive, privately owned yachts which are professionally crewed. Also known as a Super Yacht, a luxury yacht may be either a sailing or motor yacht.-History:...

 at 115 metres (377.3 ft) in length, currently owned by David Geffen

David Geffen

David Geffen is an American record executive, film producer, theatrical producer and philanthropist. Geffen is noted for creating Asylum Records in 1970, Geffen Records in 1980, and DGC Records in 1990...

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Commissioned by a Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

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n businessman, she was built at the Lürssen

Lürssen

Lürssen is a German shipbuilding company based in Bremen-Vegesack.Lürssen designs and constructs yachts, naval ships and special vessels...

 yard in Bremen

Bremen

The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...

, Germany

Germany

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 to the design of Tim Heywood

Tim Heywood

Geoffrey Beresford Heywood MBE DL , known as Tim Heywood, was a soldier and bureaucrat. He served as the chief signals officer of the Long Range Desert Group in the Second World War...

. Launched in 2003, she was sold to Russian

Russians

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 billionaire

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 Roman Abramovich

Roman Abramovich

Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich is a Russian businessman and the main owner of the private investment company Millhouse LLC.In 2003, Abramovich was named Person of the Year by Expert, a Russian business magazine. He shared this title with Mikhail Khodorkovsky...

 in 2004. Abramovich had it refitted to his own requirements by Blohm & Voss. This included the addition of a second helicopter pad forward, four new zero-speed stabilizers and modifications to the exhaust, mast and stern.

Pelorus is powered by two 5,500-hp Wärtsilä

Wärtsilä

Wärtsilä is a Finnish corporation which manufactures and services power sources and other equipment in the marine and energy markets. The core products of Wärtsilä include large combustion engines...

 12v 26 engines, which will do a maximum 19 knots, but often cruises between 12 to 14 knots. Details about the interiors are scant, as Abramovich was protective of his family's privacy and highly security conscious. The yacht has a number of tenders on board and a garage full of 'toys', including jet ski

Jet ski

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Under Abramovichs ownership, the yatch had a full time crew of up to 46, which was added to by a large security contingent that came and left with his family. Pelorus would cruise the Western Mediterranean during the summers, and commonly ventures down through the Suez for the winters. In 2005 Abramovich lent Pelorus to Frank Lampard

Frank Lampard

Frank James Lampard is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Chelsea and the England national team. He also holds the position of vice-captain for his club side...

 and John Terry

John Terry

John George Terry is an English professional footballer. Terry plays in a centre back position and is the captain of Chelsea in the Premier League...

 for two weeks as a bonus for being the two best players at his English football club Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea F.C.

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 the previous season. After John Terry

John Terry

John George Terry is an English professional footballer. Terry plays in a centre back position and is the captain of Chelsea in the Premier League...

 married his fiancee Toni Poole at Blenheim Palace

Blenheim Palace

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 on 15 June 2007, they had a two-week honeymoon

Honeymoon

-History:One early reference to a honeymoon is in Deuteronomy 24:5 “When a man is newly wed, he need not go out on a military expedition, nor shall any public duty be imposed on him...

on Pelorus.

Handed over to Irina Abramovich in 2009 as part of her divorce settlement, she sold it via broker Merle Wood to David Geffen in 2011 for $300 million.