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How Donald Trump bought the superyacht from James Bond before ordering the world's largest yacht!

March 20 2020

Written by Yachting Art English Edition

Donald Trump loved superyachts. In the 80's and 90's, he bought the James Bond superyacht, then ordered the largest yacht in the world, before buying a Dutch shipyard! So many explosions... of which there is nothing left!

In the hushed world of yachting and superyachts, the least that can be said is that Donald Trump has not left an imperishable memory. After coming back in a gale, gesticulating a lot, he left it just as quickly, in the middle of a financial debacle, not to return. 

The story begins at the end of the 80s, but finds its origin at the beginning of this decade, when the Italian shipyard Benetti delivered the Nabila, the 8th largest yacht in the world at the time with her 86m length (designed by the British architect Jon Bannenberg), to Adnan Khashoggi, a Saudi businessman specialized in the arms trade. 

If she has aged a lot since then in terms of her style, Nabila is then a superyacht admired by all, which will be used in 1983 in a James Bond, Never Again Never Again (a second adaptation of the 1965 Operation Thunder, by the way) under the name of Flying Saucer (Disco Volante), which features Sean Connery, alias 007, prey to the bad ideas of Maximilian Largo, and who will be helped by the beautiful Domino...

Confronted with a temporary bad patch, Khashoggi puts his yacht up for sale shortly afterwards, the Sultan of Brunei covering up a few bills of exchange, who decides to separate from Nabila in 1987.

His buyer - for the modest sum of 29 million dollars - is none other than Donald Trump - who will moreover boast of having obtained a discount of 1 million dollars at the time of the transaction, and who renames the boat Trump Princess, Nabila being the first name of Khashoggi's daughter!

Another decision of the American billionaire, a $10 million refit carried out in the Netherlands, by the Amels shipyard, the most visible sign of which will be the change of logo of the helipad, going from H to T...

This new passion for superyachts pushes the billionaire to announce in June 1989 his will to order the great superyacht of the time, a unit whose length would be between 400 and 500 feet, or about 128m, the Trump Princess II!

The Amels shipyard, which would build the boat, was then owned by 4 British investors, who secured the deal by securing lines of credit. 

In May 1990, a dramatic event took place when Donald Trump announced the takeover of the Amels shipyard by Donald Trump. The persimmers insinuated that the billionaire's poor financial health had pushed him to cancel the order for the Trump Princess II, a decision that would have pushed the shipyard into bankruptcy, without a providential takeover; Jeff Walker, vice-president of the Trump group, denied such allegations. 

In September 1990, Trump sold the Amels yard to the American businessman Peter Kutell, following financial problems.

At the same time, the Trump Princess was put up for sale and work on the Trump Princess II was halted. In 1991, the Trump Princess was sold to Prince Al-Waleed for $19 million, who renamed it Kingdom 5KR.

The superstructure of the Trump Princess II would still remain, still kept by the Amels shipyard in Makkum. Amels has since come under the control of the Feadship shipyard, owned by Bernard Arnaud (LVMH).

As for Kingdom 5KR, it can be seen all year round in Antibes, at the end of the Billionaires' Quay...

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The Legendary Nabila   Yacht

The Nabila yacht was built at Benetti's shipyards in Viareggio and delivered in 1980. Measuring 281 feet and featuring 11 suites, a cinema and helipad, she was one of the world's largest yachts at the time and without doubt the most opulent. In 1983 the Nabila played an important role in the James Bond movie Never Say Never Again ; a few years later she was seized by the Sultan of Brunei and sold to Donald Trump.

She was bought by her current owner, Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, in 1991. The photo below shows her berthed at Antibes, France.

Adnan Khashoggi

The Nabila was commissioned in 1978 by billionaire arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi. Named after Khashoggi's daughter, she was built at Benetti's shipyards in Viareggio and delivered in July 1980. Interior design was managed by Luigi Sturchio; the exterior was designed by English-Australian yacht designer Jon Bannenberg . The yacht was powered by twin Nohap Polar engines, giving her a cruising speed of 17 knots and a top speed of 20 knots.

The Nabila soon became known the world over for her sumptuous interiors, opulent suites and ostentatious luxury. The yacht spanned 5 five decks and featured every conceivable amenity. The 11 suites were paneled with chamois leather and bird's-eye maple; bathrooms were decked out in gold and onyx. Khashoggi's suite not only had its own saloon, office and sauna, it also had an elevator that went up to a private sun lounge.

The main saloon featured a waterfall, bronze bar, and grand piano gifted to Khashoggi's wife by Liberace. Other amenities included a 12-seat cinema, a disco, and a medical clinic with its own operating theatre. No one really knows how much the yacht cost to build, though some estimates give $35 million for the exterior and $50 million for the interiors.

It's a spectacle, a statement of astronomic wealth, a massive piece of equipment designed to arouse envy in those who behold it.

New York Magazine, 1988

The Nabila had a major impact on the global yachting scene and changed the industry in two significant ways. First, her flamboyant Saudi Arabian owner inspired other Middle Eastern businessmen to commission luxury yachts of their own. The trend began in the early 1980s and continues to this day. Second, her innovative design and extravagant interiors opened eyes to what could truly be achieved if money were no object.

The Nabila yacht had 11 suites, all named after precious stones or metals. The bedroom shown here is the Ruby Suite. The other photo shows part of the main saloon, with the bronze bar visible on the left.

Khashoggi and Benetti: Financial Ruin

Adnan Khashoggi often claimed to be the world's richest man and at times spent up to $250,000 a day to support his lifestyle. He started experiencing cash flow problems in the early 1980s, however, and towards the end of the decade the debt bubble burst. First to go was his private DC-8. The jet was grounded in 1986 when he defaulted on a $15 million loan. Following that, he defaulted on a $50 million loan issued by a Swiss bank and guaranteed by the Sultan of Brunei. The loan had been used to finance the construction of the Nabila .

The Sultan settled the loan himself, seized control of the Nabila and promptly put the yacht on the market. A handful of potential buyers took interest – one of whom was a New York real estate developer named Donald Trump.

The Nabila also took its toll on Benetti. The shipyard had seriously undervalued the costs of constructing the yacht and was hit hard by a series of penalty clauses added to the contract by Khashoggi's negotiators. The contract was overtly biased in Khashoggi's favor, and even allowed him to request changes during the final construction stages. Ultimately the yacht was built at a loss, and by 1985 Benetti was teetering on the verge of bankruptcy.

A young Italian named Paolo Vitelli stepped in. Sixteen years earlier Paolo had founded Azimut Yachts and built the company into a global brand. In a bid to rescue Benetti and take control of their Viagreggio shipyards, he invested every cent he had to bail out the ailing giant. It was a huge risk, but one that paid off. The new company became known as the Azimut Benetti Group and the rest, as they say, is history.

On the subject of history, remember Sean Connery's role in the James Bond movie, Never Say Never again ? The Nabila yacht is shown at bottom right.

The Trump Princess

The Sultan of Brunei's broker put the Nabila up for sale in 1987 with an asking price of $50 million. Donald Trump offered $15 million, the broker dropped to 32, Trump countered with 28, they settled on 30. A further million was taken off when Trump agreed not to keep the name Nabila and rename the yacht as he saw fit. Until this deal took place, the highest price paid for a secondhand yacht was $16 million.

Trump had actually had his eyes on the Nabila for quite a while. He'd been expanding his casino empire in Atlantic City and realized the Nabila could function both as a business tool and tourist attraction.

While I was building Farley Marina I was trying to get the boat because I knew she would blow everybody's mind.

Donald Trump

Trump renamed the yacht Trump Princess and spent $8.5 million having her refitted. The hull was repainted, the engines rebuilt and more than 3500 yards of chamois leather stripped out and replaced. As a finishing touch, the letter H on the helipad was swapped for a T. When done, the yacht set sail for America and cruised into New York on July 4 1988.

In April 1990 Trump opened his third gambling resort in Atlantic City, the $1 billion Taj Mahal. It was New Jersey's tallest building and the world's largest casino. But to survive it needed to take more than $1 million per day just to service its loans, and the market simply wasn't there. Trump's lenders intervened. They insisted he restructure his organization and sell the Trump Princess . Once again, Adnan Khashoggi's superyacht was up for sale.

Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal

Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal bought the yacht in 1991 for $19 million. One of the world's richest men, Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal is founder, CEO and majority stock owner of the Kingdom Holding Company, a company with global interests that include financial services, media, agriculture and real estate. After taking possession of the Trump Princess , Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal renamed the yacht Kingdom 5KR , where 5 represents his lucky number and the letters K and R are the initials of his children. Since the acquisition, Kingdom 5KR is almost permanently berthed at Antibes in the south of France, though from time to time she ventures out to nearby Cannes and Monte Carlo.

The Kingdom 5KR is shown below. The exhaust funnels have been a distinctive feature of this yacht ever since she was launched. They are angled outwards to accommodate the helicopter.

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The true story of billionaire arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, his 11-strong harem and £150,000-a-day lifestyle

He nearly brought down the US government, and his yacht was featured in a James Bond film, then later sold to Donald Trump - even as he faced bankruptcy

• 11:34, 22 Nov 2017
• Updated 12:49, 22 Nov 2017

"An extraordinary lover," is the glowing verdict of one of Adnan Khashoggi's "pleasure wives," 1980s model Jill Dodd, despite him being over twenty years older than her, and several inches shorter.

Khashoggi, who died in London aged 81 earlier this month, believed that under the law of his birthplace, Saudi Arabia, a man is allowed 11 "pleasure wives" - lovers, essentially - and three legal wives.

Jill was "a 21-year-old child" when she fell into a relationship with Khashoggi in 1980. They had met at a party in Cannes, where the young model thought that the short, balding man reminded her of friend's father.

The billionaire ended the evening by writing "I love you" in his blood on Jill's arm.

The next night, Khashoggi invited Jill for dinner on his yacht, where she was given the run of his room full of couture gowns, choosing a grey Lanvin dress for the occasion.

Married for the second time, Khashoggi kept seeing Jill platonically for months, even inviting her to his one-year-old son Ali's birthday party.

His second wife, Lamia (born Laura Biancolini in Italy, she changed her name and converted to Islam upon marriage), was unsurprisingly cold to her husband's newest possible love interest.

Khashoggi's first wife, Soraya, had been at 20, half his age when they married in 1961.

Born Sandra Daly on a Leicester council estate, she took the name Soraya when she converted to Islam to marry Khashoggi.

She gave birth to five of Khashoggi's children - including Nabila, the yacht's namesake - while another daughter, Petrina, was fathered by Conservative MP Jonathan Aitken.

After a week at Khashoggi's Marbella compound, waiting for him to arrive in the country, Jill Dodd was woken by him in the middle of the night.

He watched her strip off and take a bubble bath, then made her an extraordinary offer: to become his pleasure wife, and travel to his properties around the world with him.

Jill agreed - and joined the Khashoggi harem. He acted like a default father in some ways, such as paying for her tuition at the Los Angeles Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising.

Her lover's generosity really paid off for her - she would later found the Roxy surf and snowboard clothing brand in the late 1980s.

Jill Dodd's relationship with the flashy arms dealer didn't last beyond 1982, as she felt her prime position within his harem slip away. Khashoggi was turning his attention to newer, younger models.

In her memoir The Currency of Love: A Courageous Journey to Finding the Love Within , Jill, now 57, only has good things to say about Khashoggi.

"I never forfeited my independence, ambition or creative expression when I was with Adnan and have no regrets.

"I’ve learned a valuable lesson: Neither money nor love is worth the sacrifice of integrity, inner peace and authenticity."

Jill's education is a rare example of Khashoggi spending money on something that couldn't be seen, worn or docked in St Tropez.

By the mid-1980s, he had 12 homes across the world, in expensive locations like Cannes, Paris, Madrid and London.

His New York apartment was comprised of 16 flats knocked together to create a super-sized pad.

He also owned a compound in Marbella, where he hosted his wildest parties.

The billionaire had 100 limousines, three private jets and a South Korean bodyguard, named Mr Kill.

Khashoggi's famous yacht, the Nabila (named for his daughter), cost $80m and boasted a disco with laser beams that projected Khashoggi's face, 11 (that number again) guest rooms, on-board hospital, morgue with coffins and bulletproof glass.

He loaned his vessel to the makers of the 1983 James Bond Film, Never Say Never Again. The yacht became baddie Blofeld's headquarters.

Khashoggi's pampered yet insecure harem of "pleasure wives" only saw one side of his complicated, high-rolling life.

They were not given a peek at how he made the money that bought them diamond rings and Lanvin dresses on tap.

The conspicuous consumption and endless parties featuring free-flowing champagne, unlimited caviar and celebrity pals flown in private jets helped cement Khashoggi's reputation as the Gatsby of his time.

The intrigue around him kept his shady weapons deals firmly in the dark.

Adnan Khashoggi was born in the holy city of Mecca in 1935, one of the six children of the Turkish court doctor to King Ibn Saud.

He went to school in Egypt, then college in California.

Aged 21, he brokered his first major deal, selling $3 million- worth of trucks to Egypt; this netted him $150,000 commission.

Unsurprisingly, after this, Khashoggi didn't return to college.

Instead, he built his career - and incredible fortune - on the shaky back of freelance deal-making. He called it "merchantry."

A 1987 Time cover story on the billionaire featured his face, alongside the taglines 'Those Shadowy Arms Traders' and 'Adnan Khashoggi's High Life and Flashy Deals'.

He did business with the all the main arms dealers: Northrop, Lockheed, Grumman, Chrysler, Fiat, the Westland helicopter company, Rolls-Royce and Raytheon.

He set these companies up with buyers for their military wares: most often, governments.

Moving in these powerful, dangerous circles led to the scandal that cost Khashoggi his place in the global elite.

In 1987, Khashoggi was implicated in the Iran-Contra Affair, the biggest political scandal of the 1980s.

The Reagan administration sold arms to Iran in exchange for the release of Iranian hostages, and then diverted the proceeds to Nicaraguan rebels.

The international intrigue had tendrils stretching as far as Lebanon, and involved deal-making with Hezbollah.

Adnan Khashoggi was named as a key middleman in this labyrinthine plot, accused of paying bribes.

In 1988, he was arrested in Switzerland and faced charges of concealing funds.

After three months in a Swiss prison (where he ate gourmet meals brought in from a nearby restaurant in his cell), Khashoggi was extradited to the US, tried and acquitted.

Scandal continued to dog the disgraced billionaire as the 1980s came to a close.

In 1989, Khashoggi was indicted in New York for sheltering assets for Imelda Marcos, widow of Ferdinand Marcos, the 10th president of the Phillippines.

Both were eventually acquitted from charges of fraud and racketeering.

Khashoggi's government links started fading away as the 1980s moved into the 90s.

He lost his Washington contacts after Reagan left office, and when other important clients such as the Shah of Iran and the President of Sudan were ousted from power, they were no longer in the market for his services.

In a 1989 Vanity Fair profile of Adnan Khashoggi, Donald Trump told the reporter Dominick Dunne about his purchase of Khashoggi's famed yacht, the Nabila, which he renamed the Trump Princess:

"Khashoggi was a great broker and a lousy businessman,” Trump said to me that night.

“He understood the art of bringing people together and putting together a deal better than almost anyone—all the bullshitting part, of talk and entertainment—but he never knew how to invest his money.

"If he had put his commissions into a bank in Switzerland, he’d be a rich man today, but he invested it, and he made lousy choices.”

The 1990s were a decade of decline for Khashoggi, as the court cases starting lining up.

He was finally having to pay for his excessive 80s. For example, he was forced to settle a £10 million gambling debt from a 1986 visit to the London Ritz Casino - in 1998.

He spent the last years of his life between London and Monaco, reportedly living on his last $400 million.

In his final years, Khashoggi evaporated from public view, the champagne-and-caviar parties all over for him.

He was battling Parkinson's disease when he died at St Thomas' Hospital in London on 6 June 2017.

He is survived by his second wife Lamia, his third wife Shahpari, his eight children and countless "pleasure wives."

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This motor yacht KINGDOM 5KR is a 86 m 282 (foot) considerable steel vessel which was produced from the keel up at Benetti Yachts and conceived from the design board of Fratelli Benetti and Bannenberg Designs Ltd. Sleeping 22 passengers and 31 qualified crew, motor yacht KINGDOM 5KR was formerly named Fb 116; Kingdom; Trump Princess; Nabila;. The naval architect who actualised this yacht's design in respect of this ship is Fratelli Benetti and Bannenberg Designs Ltd. Her interior designing is from the company Luigi Sturchio.

Motor Yacht KINGDOM 5KR is a beautiful 1980 Classic Yacht owned by Prince Alwaleed bin Talal (also known as Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud), nephew of Saudi Arabia’s late King Fahd. First owned and built for a Saudi billionaire, Adnan Khashoggi under the name NABILA, the yacht was sold to the Sultan of Brunei in 1988 who then sold her to Donald Trump who renamed her TRUMP PRINCESS after refitting her. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bought the yacht in 1991 and renamed her KINGDOM 5KR after his investment company Kingdom Holdings, his lucky number 5 and this childrens initials K and R. As NABILA, she featured in the James Bond movie Never Say Never Again.

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Adnan Khashoggi, High-Living Saudi Arms Trader, Dies at 81

By Stephen Kinzer

• June 6, 2017

Adnan Khashoggi, the flamboyant Saudi arms trader who rose to spectacular wealth in the 1970s and 1980s while treating the world to displays of decadence breathtaking even by the standards of that era, died on Tuesday in London. He was 81.

His family announced his death in a statement. He had been undergoing treatment for Parkinson’s disease.

When Saudi Arabia and other Arab states decided to embark on a vast armament program after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, backed by billions of dollars in oil money, Mr. Khashoggi became their principal link to the American arms industry. For years, he was the middleman in most of Saudi Arabia’s arms purchases.

Mr. Khashoggi had several brushes with the law but was never convicted of a crime. He was involved in many of his era’s highest-profile scandals, including Iran-contra and the Marcos family’s effort to spirit money out of the Philippines.

One biography of him was titled “The Richest Man in the World,” and he was often described that way. It was not strictly accurate, but during the early 1980s, his wealth, estimated to be in the low billions, placed him in a tiny elite.

His appetites were gargantuan, beyond the limits of vulgarity. At the peak of his wealth, he presided over 12 estates, including some in Europe and the Middle East; a 180,000-acre ranch in Kenya; and a two-floor Manhattan residence at Olympic Towers, next to St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue, that was made from 16 existing apartments.

He owned a 282-foot yacht, Nabila — used in a James Bond film and later sold to Donald J. Trump — and three lavishly refitted commercial-size jets. His parties were known for rivers of champagne, bevies of women, international celebrities and endless personal attention from the host, known to his many friends as A. K.

“For A. K., there were no laws, no skies, no limits,” said one of his frequent guests, Prince Alfonso Hohenlohe-Langenburg of Spain.

Over-the-top parties were part of Mr. Khashoggi’s business strategy, which he believed required flaunting his wealth and powerful connections. “It’s all part of the mechanism for impressing people,” he once said.

In a 1987 cover article about Mr. Khashoggi, Time magazine said his “unrivaled profligacy gilds his self-image as a grand merchant-statesman.” It said he spent $250,000 a day to support his lifestyle, operating in “a dazzling and ostentatious realm of luxury beyond the dreams of Croesus, a shadowy sphere of deals, arms brokering and billion-dollar investments.”

Soon after that article appeared, Mr. Khashoggi’s fortune began slipping away. His holding company in the United States, Triad America, filed for bankruptcy. Its biggest project, a hotel and shopping complex in Salt Lake City, fell victim to what he called “cash flow problems.”

In his later years, Mr. Khashoggi lived well but in much-reduced circumstances. He flew on commercial jets, fended off creditors and dismissed his bodyguard, a Korean martial arts expert known as Mr. Kill.

Mr. Khashoggi was born in the holy city of Mecca on July 25, 1935, one of six children. His father, the court doctor to King Ibn Saud, was of Turkish descent, leaving the family outside the web of connections, obligations and suspicions in the Saudi court.

Mr. Khashoggi attended Victoria College in Alexandria, Egypt, a traditional training ground for the Middle Eastern elite, where pupils were caned for using any language other than English. Afterward, he enrolled at what was then Chico State College in California.

Barely a year after arriving at Chico State, at 21, he brokered his first major deal, the sale of $3 million worth of trucks to Egypt. His commission was $150,000. He never returned for his college degree.

In 1961, Mr. Khashoggi married a 20-year-old Englishwoman, Sandra Daly, who took the name Soraya. They had four sons and a daughter, Nabila, for whom he named his storied yacht. They divorced in 1974. Five years later, a judge ordered Mr. Khashoggi to pay Soraya $875 million, the largest-ever divorce settlement at the time.

Mr. Khashoggi began traveling with his second wife, an Italian named Laura Biancolini, when she was 17. Like Soraya, she converted to Islam after their marriage and took a new name, Lamia. They had a son, Ali. Later Mr. Khashoggi took an Iranian-born wife, Shahpari Azam Zanganeh.

Although Mr. Khashoggi emerged as a personification of dazzling wealth and behind-the-scenes international power, he never built a sustainable business. Instead, he flitted from one deal to another. He called it “merchantry.”

His clients were a who’s who of the global arms bazaar: Northrop, Lockheed, Grumman, Chrysler, Fiat, the Westland helicopter company, Rolls-Royce and Raytheon.

“He can persuade you with his charm to change your mind after you have made it up,” said Alain Cavro, an architect who worked for Mr. Khashoggi. “Afterward, people say, ‘You see how nice he was to me?’ People feel flattered, almost in love with him.”

Mr. Khashoggi held legendary parties at his 5,000-acre seaside estate in Marbella, Spain. The 400 guests who helped him celebrate his 50th birthday — one writer called it “the most coveted invitation since the coronation of Louis XIV” — passed under an archway of crossed swords held aloft by 50 liveried pages, dined on a 50-item buffet at midnight and watched “A. K,” seated between Brooke Shields and Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis, beam as Shirley Bassey sang “Happy Birthday.” The festivities continued for five days.

Many reports of Mr. Khashoggi’s life and career, including his first wife’s divorce suit, refer to his use of procuresses to assure a steady flow of young women for himself and his guests, clients and influential friends like Saudi princes and the shah of Iran. One of his biographers, Ronald Kessler, concluded that he “craved the women for companionship” because he was “a profoundly lonely man.”

Mr. Khashoggi was an important middleman in the arms deals behind the Iran-contra scandal, the Reagan administration’s clandestine scheme to sell arms to Iran in exchange for the release of Iranian hostages and then to divert the proceeds to Nicaraguan rebels. And he was accused several times of paying bribes or illegal commissions. In 1988, he was arrested in Switzerland and accused of concealing funds in the bankruptcy of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International. After three months in jail, he was extradited to the United States, tried and acquitted.

Two years later, a federal grand jury in New York indicted Mr. Khashoggi and Imelda Marcos, for whom he had sheltered assets including four commercial buildings in Manhattan and paintings by Rubens and El Greco, on charges of fraud and racketeering. Both were acquitted.

These and other troubles led clients to distance themselves from Mr. Khashoggi. Saudi royals began finding his ostentation embarrassing. His deep contacts in Washington faded with the Reagan era. Major patrons, including the shah of Iran and President Gaafar al-Nimeiry of Sudan, fell from power.

“He has trouble walking these days, and a tough time lifting himself out of a chair,” wrote a reporter who met him at the Four Seasons Hotel in Cairo in 2009. “A man seated by his side referred to him as ‘Your Excellency,’ took his calls and arranged his appointments. Mr. Khashoggi was wearing a pink button-down shirt, the top few buttons open enough to expose a still-shiny scar from open-heart surgery five years ago.”

A high-living Middle East power broker with once-limitless wealth, Mr. Khashoggi was among the last of his breed. He thrived in an era of gaudy excess and came to epitomize it.

“What did I do wrong? Nothing,” he said toward the end of his life. “I behaved unethically, for ethical reasons.”

An obituary on Wednesday about the arms trader Adnan Khashoggi erroneously attributed a distinction to a yacht that he owned. Though quite large at 282 feet long, it was not “the world’s largest yacht.”

An obituary on Wednesday about the arms trader Adnan Khashoggi overstated his wealth in the 1980s. Most estimates placed it in the low billions, not at $40 billion.

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Donald Trump’s old James Bond superyacht in Palma

Small armada of the world’s most expensive private vessels gathering in mallorca, bill gates’s superyacht is in mallorca and up for sale, facebook boss likes his toys in mallorca, from superyachts to helicopters, british yacht which was once home-from-home for british royalty in mallorca.

Kingdom 5-KR in Palma has has some interesting owners. | Julian Aguirre

The superyachts are flooding into Mallorca with a small armada of some of the largest and most expensive private vessels gathering in Mallorca. The latest superyacht to have docked in Palma is Kingdom 5-KR which was commissioned by Adnan Kashogi who named her Nabila after his daughter.

The former President of the United States Donald Trump then bought the yacht from the Sultan of Brunei in 1988 for close to 30 million dollars and transformed her into Trump Princess . 85.9-metre (282foot) Benetti superyacht is considered to be a “piece of art”, one of the reasons, apart from the price, that Trump apparently bought her. Interestingly, he has never owned a private yacht since.

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Benetti shipyards originally delivered the then-named Nabila to Saudi billionaire Adnan Khashoggi back 1980. In 1983, the superyacht appeared in the James Bond movie, Never Say Never Again . The Trump Princess was then sold on to a Saudi Prince. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and he still owns the now-named Kingdom 5KR. It was rumoured at the time that the boat was being repossessed due to Trump’s business failures, but Trump called the claims “completely false”.

The other new megayacht in Mallorca is the 100-metre I Dinasty, owned by the late Kazakh businessman Alijan Ibragimov, who died in 2021, and which is valued at more than 200 million dollars. Ibragimov was a member of a well-known circle of oligarchs in Kazakhstan known as the "Trio." The Trio consisted of Ibragimov. Alexander Mashkevich and Patokh Chodiev, all active in the mining, oil and gas, and banking sectors in Kazakhstan. At the time of his death, Ibragimov had dropped off Forbes’ list of world billionaires .

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Just curious to know if they are still around what names do they go by ? or they been scrapped

AffrayedKnot Senior Member

I'll get the ball rolling here with an easy one: Never Say Never Again , 1983 (adaptation of Thunderball) the Disco Volante was renamed The Flying Saucer, (its English translation), and owned by Maximillian Largo. In real life, the 282-foot yacht that was used in long shots for the film was known as the Nabila and was built for Saudi wheeler/dealer Adnan Khashoggi. The yacht was later sold to American wheeler/dealer Donald Trump, who renamed it Trump Princess. Later Trump sold it to Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz al Saud, who christened it the Kingdom 5KR. 1980 Benetti FB116

Tomorrow Never Dies 1997 - Media Villain, Elliot Carver was quite ability armed with the "Sea Shadow" In real life, she was revealed to the public in 1993, Sea Shadow (IX-529) is an experimental stealth ship built by Lockheed for the United States Navy to determine how a low radar profile might be achieved. She was housed at the San Diego Naval Station until September 2006, when the vessel was relocated with the HMB-1 to the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, CA. The vessels are available for donation to a maritime museum. Length: 164 ft (50 m) Beam: 68 ft (21 m) Draft: 15 ft (4.6 m) Displacement: 563 long tons (572 t) Propulsion: Diesel-electric Speed: 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) Sea Shadow has only 12 bunks aboard, one small microwave oven, a refrigerator and table. She was never intended to be mission capable and was never commissioned, although she is listed in the Naval Vessel Register.

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One for the star himself, that may not otherwise be recognized as a "Bond boat". Casino Royal 2006, Bond and Vesper Lynd sail from Montenegro to Venice aboard a Spirit 54 sailing yacht, made by Spirit Yachts. LOA 54'9" 16.7m LWL 39'8" 12.1m Beam 10'10" 3.3m Draft 7'6" 2.3m Displ. 7.8 tonnes Current status of this vessel is a mystery to me -

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Casino Royale 2006, Bond Villain Le Chiffre’s Sunseeker Predator 108 – M3 Working closely with Sunseeker's designers and drawing office, film producers EON Productions took 6 weeks to create full-scale sets of the Predator 108's Deck Saloon, Aft Cockpit and Master Stateroom. Once created, the film sets were dismantled in the UK, transported and re-constructed in Prague, where mounted on a hydraulic platform to simulate the movement of the sea during filming. 2004 Sunseeker Predator 108 - 108/01

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ArcanisX Senior Member

That Sea Shadow thing was just beautiful. While googling it, I also came across another X-ship that was looking like a giant tarantula and has two flexible rubber hulls "to contour waves". Wonder if anything "mission-capable" ever came out of those projects.

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ArcanisX said: While googling it, I also came across another X-ship that was looking like a giant tarantula and has two flexible rubber hulls "to contour waves". Click to expand...

Yes, that... wonderful piece of... design! They should totally use it in the next Bond movie.

Blue Ghost Member

Yacht from "Thunderball" Does anyone remember the yacht from "Thunderball"? What kind of yacht was that? Does anyone know?

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Blue Ghost said: ↑ Does anyone remember the yacht from "Thunderball"? What kind of yacht was that? Does anyone know? Click to expand...

MBLANC New Member

AffrayedKnot said: ↑ I'll get the ball rolling here with an easy one: Never Say Never Again , 1983 (adaptation of Thunderball) the Disco Volante was renamed The Flying Saucer, (its English translation), and owned by Maximillian Largo. In real life, the 282-foot yacht that was used in long shots for the film was known as the Nabila and was built for Saudi wheeler/dealer Adnan Khashoggi. The yacht was later sold to American wheeler/dealer Donald Trump, who renamed it Trump Princess. Later Trump sold it to Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz al Saud, who christened it the Kingdom 5KR. 1980 Benetti FB116 Click to expand...

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AffrayedKnot said: ↑ One for the star himself, that may not otherwise be recognized as a "Bond boat". Casino Royal 2006, Bond and Vesper Lynd sail from Montenegro to Venice aboard a Spirit 54 sailing yacht, made by Spirit Yachts. LOA 54'9" 16.7m LWL 39'8" 12.1m Beam 10'10" 3.3m Draft 7'6" 2.3m Displ. 7.8 tonnes Current status of this vessel is a mystery to me - Click to expand...

MBLANC said: ↑ ------------------------------------------------------------- ADDENDUM First owner was Adnan Kashoggi of SA and name of yacht was NABILA (not Nabilia), after his daughter's surname. It was then the largest yacht ever built with 87m (not 86). Later, A.K. had to sell it and the subsequent owner was the richest royalty in the world, 29th sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah. He anchored the boat near the state's capital Bandar Seri Begawan with a permanent captain on duty, who resigned from boring at dock since HH H. Bolkiah never sailed the yacht. D. Trump acquired then the boat, mistakingly thinking it was [still] the largest yacht available ; seems Mr Trump was not well informed nor knowledgeable in the matter. Learning the truth, he ordered for a complete cutout of the yacht to install an extension (+ 13 or 14m if I remember well). He never sailed the yacht himself anyway,...etc.etc.) Click to expand...

Capt Ralph Senior Member

I can not give an exact date; Trump Princess spent one night on a barge ball in Jacksonville fl approx '89/90. There was a stir on the radio with the StJohns Pilots. Because of her draft a pilot was required. The T P argued it a while on the open radio and lost. While on the Ball, across from the ole Gator Bowl stadium, I circled her a few times on my boat late that night. Every circle around her, more security people came on deck and followed us around. At that time, she would have been the largest private boat that far up our river.

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rcrapps said: ↑ At that time, she would have been the largest private boat that far up our river. Click to expand...

Draft dictates the rule. Not sure of the number; any draft more than 8 feet must have a pilot for Jax/Port - StJohns river. It's a close band of pilots here in Jax. An outsider may never work here. But once in a while you do hear of a boo boo.

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James Bond yachts: The best boats that have welcomed 007 on board

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Gentleman spy James Bond may be known for his love of fast cars and fancy gadgets, but agent 007 has also spent a fair share of time at sea on board a number of sailing yachts, superyachts and speedboats. To celebrate the highly anticipated release of the 25th Bond film, No Time To Die , we take a look at the best boats to be featured in the movie franchise.

No Time To Die: Spirit 46

In the latest James Bond instalment, No Time To Die (2021), James Bond is seen enjoying his (temporary) retirement in Jamaica on board a 14 metre Spirit 46 sailing yacht . As well as using the yacht for a day of fishing out on the water, 007 sails her to Cuba for an undercover mission in partnership with new agent Paloma.

Built in Ipswich by British yard and official James Bond partner Spirit Yachts , the boat is a custom-made modern classic characterised by long overhangs and flush decks. She can reach 18 knots underway and acquired her “well-loved” look by forfeiting her scheduled winter refit prior to shooting, revealed Spirit Yachts CEO Sean McMillan.

Casino Royale: Soufrière

In 2006 film Casino Royale , which introduced new James Bond actor Daniel Craig, a 16.4 metre Spirit 54’ named Soufrière was used to host 007 and Bond girl Vesper Lynd (played by Eva Green) as the couple cruised through the waters of Venice in Italy. Filming took a total of six months and involved shipping and cruising the modern classic sailing yacht to various locations around the world. The yacht even made history as the first sailing yacht to go up the Venetian Grand Canal in 300 years, a process that involved removing and replacing the rig as many as 10 times to ensure the yacht could fit under multiple canal bridges in Venice.

Casino Royale: Sunseeker predator 108

In contrast to the traditional-looking Spirit 54’ used in scenes with Vesper Lynd, a speedy Sunseeker Predator 108 motor yacht is also used in the 2006 Bond film Casino Royale . The 32.92 metre motor yacht was used in the movie as the boat of Bond villain Le Chiffre. Featuring a distinctive monochromatic hull, the Sunseeker superyacht can hit top speeds of 40 knots and can accommodate up to eight guests and four crew on board.

GoldenEye: Northern Cross

In the 1995 Bond film GoldenEye , which was the first in the franchise to feature actor Pierce Brosnan as the main character, a 43.25 metre superyacht named Manticore plays a starring role. In the film, the yacht is owned by the Janus crime syndicate and is used by Bond girl Xenia Onatopp, played by actress Famke Janssen. In reality, the yacht used for the role of Manticore was actually named Northern Cross . Constructed in aluminium by Swedish shipyard Marinteknik Verkstads AB , she was delivered in 1991.

Her exterior and naval architecture were designed by Per Kavli . Her 330 GT interiors, styled by Tor Hinders , can accommodate up to 10 guests and eight crew. Under the power of two Caterpillar diesel engines, Northern Cross can reach a top speed is 24 knots and boats a cruising range of 1,800 nautical miles at a speed of 15 knots. She features a pale grey hull and and a flybridge with an al fresco lounge.

Never Say Never Again: Kingdom 5KR

In the final film to star Sean Connery as James Bond, a superyacht named Flying Saucer is used as a base for Bond villain and SPECTRE agent Maximillian Largo. In actuality, the superyacht the starred in the 1983 film Never Say Never Again was Benetti superyacht Kingdom 5KR . Measuring 85.9 metres with an interior volume of 1,768 GT, Kingdom 5KR was designed by Jon Bannenberg and delivered in 1983. Her interiors, penned by Luigi Sturchio , can accommodate up to 22 guests waited on by 31 members of crew. Once owned by former US president Donald Trump , the yacht features a distinctive turquoise stripe along her hull and boat.

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