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#18 Al Salamah - Top Largest Yachts in the World

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18. Al Salamah | 139.3m

Built in 1999, Germany

Al Salamah

Credit: Lürssen

Built by the consortium of Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft (HDW) in Kiel and the Lürssen shipyard in Germany, Al Salamah is often referred to as "Mipos", the code name used during the construction of this most secret of yachts. Mipos was short for "Mission Possible" – a statement proved correct by her delivery in 1999.

She has a length of 139.3 meters, a massive beam of 23.5 meters, and is reported to have a top speed of 21.5 knots. Both the interior design and the exterior styling are by the London-based Terence Disdale Design. Al Salamah was owned by the late Sultan bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, who also owned 147 metre Prince Abdulaziz. She was refitted by Lürssen in 2007 and is rumored to carry a hospital room with an underwater treadmill for physical therapy on board.

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