Luna (yacht)
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| Name | Luna |
| Owner | The Straight Trust (Akhmedov family trust) |
| Builder | Lloyd Werft, Germany |
| Cost | €400m (April 2010) |
| Launched | October 2009 |
| Christened | April 2010 |
| In service | April 2010[1] |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Ice Class |
| Type | Motor Yacht |
| Tonnage | 5,750 GT[3] |
| Length | 115 m (377 ft)[2] |
| Beam | 22.5m |
| Height | 47.46m |
| Draft | 6.49m |
| Decks | 10 |
| Installed power | 15,000hp |
| Speed | 22.5 knots max speed, 18 knots cruising speed |
| Range | 9,000 nm at 16-18 knots |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 8 tenders & 2 lifeboats/VIP limousines |
| Crew | 52 Crew |
| Aviation facilities | 2 MCA Helicopter pads with fire suppression system and full night time landing certification with on board helicopter landing/maintenance/fire team |
Luna is the world’s second-largest expedition yacht. She featured at the centre of a dispute between Farkhad Akhmedov and his ex-wife, Tatyana Akhmedova, after an English High Court judgement [4] awarded Tatiana a disputed £453 million matrimonial settlement.
Farkhad refused either to accept the settlement order or to pay his ex-wife the money ordered.
This led to the arrest of the yacht in Dubai by agents acting for Tatiana in their attempts to seize assets belonging to Farkhad and Akhmedov family trusts.
After two and a half years of litigation Dubai’s most senior judges ruled that the ex-wife had no right to have the ownership of Luna transferred to her and that the arrest and detention of the yacht had been illegal. The gave their ruling through the Emirate’s highest court that Luna should remain in the ownership of an Akhmedov family trust, the Straight Trust.
Following the Luna ruling, Farkhad and Tatiana settled their dispute with Tatiana accepting payment from her ex-husband of around one-third of the £453 million ordered by the English High Court.[5]
In October 2021, having undergone a refurbishment following her incarceration in Dubai, Luna set sail once again heading through the Suez Canal and into the Mediterranean.
Ownership history[]
Luna was delivered to Russian businessman Roman Abramovich on 10 April 2010.[1] Its exterior was designed by NewCruise of Germany and its interior by Donald Starkey.[3]The yacht's cost has been estimated at over €400m.
Luna was sold to a company related to Roman Abramovich's close friend, Farkhad Akhmedov, for US$360m in April 2014.[6] In October 2014 the yacht was sent to Bremerhaven, Germany, for an extensive refit costing $50m. The yacht was delivered in March 2016 after a 16-month extensive refit.[7]
In October 2017, the yacht entered Port Rashid, Dubai, for maintenance, where it was "effectively impounded" by court order due to an ongoing legal dispute between Farkhad Akhmedov and Tatiana Akhmedov over their divorce settlement. A UK court ruled in April 2018 that the yacht should be transferred to Ms Akhmedov, sending the decision to Dubai for further proceedings.[8]
In August 2020 Luna was released by Dubai’s most senior judges who confirmed in their ruling that neither the ex-wife not her financial backers had any claim to rightful ownership of the yacht and that the English High Court ruling could not be enforced.
Luna is now at sea in the hands of the Straight Trust.
Features[]
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Luna and Eclipse have the only multipurpose custom made lifeboat-limousines in the world at a cost of over $4m each. They are capable of acting as VIP transport and being lifeboats at the same time.
Other features include:
- 10 VIP guest cabins over 100 square metres each, a 20-metre outdoor swimming pool, 9 decks, a large outdoor entertaining area, 8 tenders, 1 mini-submarine, and a crew of 50 persons
- An anti-missile system like Eclipse, bulletproof windows to VR9+ levels, a steel hull over 17.5 cm thick, LRAD guns, bomb-resistant doors, FLIR, and an anti-drone system
- 2 helipads rated over 7.5 tons capacity, which host Akhmedov's Eurocopter EC155 B1 and EC145 (registered M-LVNA and M-LUNA) simultaneously
- 4 stabilizers: 2 quantum-stabilizers and 2 fin-stabilizers
- 7 diesel-electric generators, providing a total output of over 15,000 hp
- 1 stern thruster jet providing dynamic positioning within accuracy of 20 cm
- 1 million liter fuel tank (over 1,000 tons), enabling a cruise of over 9,000 nm at economical speeds of 16-18 knots
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "MY Luna 115m Delivered". SuperYachts.com. April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
- ^ "Top 100 Largest Yachts". boatinternational.com. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
- ^ a b "M/Y Luna". superyachts.com. 12 June 2009. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
- ^ "Dubai court rules 115m Luna belongs to owner's ex-wife". Boat International. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- ^ "Dubai's highest court rejects superyacht seizure appeal in mammoth divorce battle". Reuters. 2020-08-20. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
- ^ "Superyacht Luna - Farkhad Akhmedov".
- ^ "The Luna story: a refit redefined". www.superyachttimes.com. SuperYacht Times. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ^ "Russian billionaire's €400m superyacht given to former wife in divorce case". The Irish Times. 19 April 2018.
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