Roman Abramovich’s £300m super-yacht delayed

According to the Daily Mail online, the  German shipyard Blom & Voss have been unable to meet the standards sets by Roman Abramovich and the superyacht Eclipse is still on dry six months after it was due to be delivered.The wolrd's larget private yacht Eclipse was due to be handed over to Roman Abramovich last Christmas.

But according to the Daily Mail "...a list of problems has led to disagreements between Mr Abramovich, the world’s 11th richest man with a fortune estimated at £7.6 billion, and the company, which now faces a bill of tens of millions of pounds to rectify the faults.

The problems are said to include a giant mirror on one of the nine decks being smashed during tests in the North Sea. And Austrian crystal glasses purchased for Mr Abramovich’s dinner guests are said to have ‘rattled’ when the electro-diesel engines vibrated. It is claimed the vibrations have also spread to Mr Abramovich’s personal deck."

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Superyacht Eclipse: launched !

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Built by Blohm and Voss shipyard, in Hamburg, Eclipse, the 557ft vessel is the biggest private superyacht in the world. She features a missile-detection system, two helipads, a luxury spa, a swimming pool and a miniature submarine and is reported to have cost nearly £300millions.

Currently, no information or picture of the interior is available.

The superyacht is due to be delivered in 2010 and will join the rest of Abramovich's fleet ( the 377ft Pelorus, the 282ft Ecstasea and the 161ft Feadship Sussurro.


Pelorus at anchor near Antibes

Accoridng to sources, Abramovich reportedly lost up to £13billion in the global financial crisis.

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It is said that Roman Abramovich has recently lost £12billion on the Russian stock exchange.

It comes just four days after details emerged of the £200million super-yacht project "Eclipse" Abramovich is having built - set to be the largest private yacht ever constructed.

Many superyachts belongs to Russian oligarchs:

• A: Mr Melnichenko
• Anastasia: Mr Potanin
• Ectasea: Mr Abramovich
• Grand Bleu: Mr Shvidler
• Ice:Mr Kerimov
• Pelorus: Mr Abramovich
• Sussuro: Mr Abramovich

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Source: Bloomberg

Superyacht project: focus on Mr Abramovitch's security

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Security?
The new 167m superyacht project "Eclipse" will come with bulletproof windows and a reinforced door and panels for the owner's cabin, a sophisticated missile detection system, two helipads, an escape submarine...

This yacht is currently under construction at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Germany.
Once the Eclipse is launched, she will become the world's largest privately owned vessel.

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