Eclipse
Name: Eclipse
Length: 557 ft • 170 m ?
Year: 2009
Builder: Blohm & Voss • # 978 ?
Design: Terence Disdale ?
Volume: 13000 GT?
Owner: Roman Abramovich
Exclusive Photos: Klaus Gaeth • Hamburg • 12 June 2009
Exclusive Photos: Niels Hartmann • Hamburg • 20 June 2009
13 June 2009: Eclipse, the world's largest yacht, was launched yesterday 12 June 2009!
Here is an excellent set of photos from Klaus. She's out of the shed in Hamburg and looks … big.
Some reports have suggested that Roman Abramovich may have sold Eclipse already - although this seems unlikely.
What do you think of her looks? She looks a bit bulkier than I expected. Since we're well into mini-cruise ship territory here, that is probably inevitable. I think I'll reserve judgement until she's properly finished and delivered.
Greenline Yacht Interiors, who fitted out "A" and are working on 141m MY Swift, are currently working on the interior for Eclipse.
At a reported 13,000 GT she is more than twice the volume of Sigma, but a little smaller in volume than Al Said. The project cost for Eclipse is reportedly about €340 million.
Further reading: A Daily Mail article, and a Google translation of the Hamburger Abendblatt. Report of a Vaudrey Miller tender launched in New Zealand, February 2008.
Larger photos here. (To purchase a photo for publication please contact monacoyachts@gmail.com)
22 June 2009: In these superb new photos from Niels Hartmann, the scaffolding is back on Eclipse and much finishing work still needs to be done. It will be several months before delivery, with early 2010 touted as a likely hand-over date.
The bulbous bow currently doubles up as a duck slide for a sizeable group of mallards.
