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DESTRIERO is a 68.18 m Motor Yacht, built in Italy by Fincantieri and delivered in 1991.

Her top speed is 66.0 kn and she boasts a maximum range of 3500.0 nm when navigating at cruising speed, with power coming from three General Electric codag engines. She has a gross tonnage of 1376.0 GT and a 12.91 m beam.

She was designed by Pininfarina , who has designed 108 other superyachts in the BOAT Pro database.

The naval architecture was developed by Donald L. Blount , who has architected 32 other superyachts in the BOAT Pro database - she is built with a Aluminium deck, a Aluminium hull, and Aluminium superstructure.

When delivered, DESTRIERO will join a fleet of 207 motor yachts in the 60-70m size range. Compared to similarly sized motor yachts, her cruising speed will be 35.9 kn above the average, her top speed 49.38 kn above the average and her volume 160.26 GT above the average.

Specifications

• Name: DESTRIERO
• Yacht Type: Motor Yacht
• Yacht Subtype: Record Attempt Vessel
• Builder: Fincantieri
• Naval Architect: Donald L. Blount
• Exterior Designer: Pininfarina

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Destriero - The sad end of a legend?

Motor yacht destriero  - for some years at the lürssen facility in lemwerder. is this the sad end of a legend.

Destriero has a length of 68m and thanks to three gas turbines with 60,000 hp a top speed of 60 Knots. The yacht was built by Italian shipyard  Fincantieri  1991.

In 1992 she crossed the Atlantic (3,106 nautical miles) in 58 hours at an average speed of 53 knots

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Fincantieri celebrates twenty years of the Destriero challenge – The Italian motor yacht’s Blue Riband record still stands  – press release from 2012.

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Destriero will be dismantled: the sad end of the symbol of excellence in the Italian boating industry.

• Luca D'Ambrosio
• May 3, 2024

The yacht Destriero, symbol of excellence in the Italian boating industry, will be demolished, as confirmed by sources close to the shipyard. This news is truly unbelievable considering that the ceremony celebrating its thirtieth anniversary took place just two years ago. An important ceremony held in La Spezia, right where Destriero was originally built, at the Muggiano shipyard.

“ It was a touching ceremony – recalls Ivan Drogo Inglese, President of the Stati Generali del Patrimonio Italiano and organizer of the event along with the Fondazione Fincantieri – The event saw the participation of Fincantieri’s President, General Claudio Graziano , pilot Cesare Fiorio , Undersecretary Stefania Pucciarelli, Yacht Club Costa Smeralda Secretary Edoardo Recchi , and of course, the crew members and their families “.

After the international limelight and an initial idea, immediately abandoned, to transform the record-breaking vessel into a yacht, Destriero ended up in Bremen, at the Lürssen shipyards where it was dry-docked, stripped of its turbines, and left exposed to the relentless effects of time. The costly yet lightweight aluminum construction had gradually deteriorated, resulting in significant hull breaches, despite the Aga Khan administration consistently covering the expensive mooring costs of the vessel.

Destriero’s feat also laid the groundwork for the development of the fast cruise ship segment, a very important sector from which Fincantieri itself has greatly benefited until today. It was precisely because of this “debt of honor” that Drogo Inglese had tried to involve the Italian group in a possible restoration, aimed at enhancing this important vessel. One of the plausible hypotheses would have been to place Destriero on the waterfront of the port of La Spezia, near the naval design educational center of the University of Genoa.

Destriero: the feat and the victory of the “Blue Ribbon”

Destriero was designed by the naval architecture studio Donald L. Blount and Associates and was equipped with three General Electric LM1600 gas turbines capable of generating an impressive total power of 51,675 hp (38,534 kW). These turbines, connected to three waterjets, could propel this super-fast superyacht to speeds close to 70 knots, or almost 130 km/h.

Measuring an impressive 67.7 meters in length and 13 meters in width, Destriero boasted a range of over 3,000 nautical miles. What still astonishes to this day is its ability to navigate at stellar speeds, even in rough sea conditions. The renowned institution Det Norske Veritas had certified the vessel’s structure for speeds up to 65 knots in sea state 4 conditions, with waves up to 2.5 meters high, and for speeds up to 30 knots in waves up to 5 meters high!

Built by Fincantieri in just 270 days, a record within the record, Destriero benefited from aerodynamics studied, even using wind tunnel testing, by Pininfarina. The bow accommodated the impressive fuel tanks, totaling 800 tonnes, while the crew of 16 members were allocated only 6 bunks, which, of course, were occupied in shifts.

On August 6, 1982, at 18:59 Greenwich time, Destriero departed from the Ambrose Light in New York, and after an incredible journey of 3,106 miles, at 06:14:50, precisely 2 days, 10 hours, 34 minutes, and 50 seconds later, it crossed the imaginary finish line, set at the Bishop Rock Lighthouse in England, earning the Blue Ribbon and beating the previous record by 21.5 hours.

The average speed of the crossing remains impressive to this day, at 53.09 knots (98.3 km/h), with a record average distance covered in 24 hours of 1,402 nautical miles, traveled at an incredible speed of 58.4 knots.

The crew of Destriero consisted of Cesare Fiorio (responsible and organizer), Odoardo Mancini (captain), Aldo Benedetti (second in command), Sergio Simeone (first officer), Franco De Mei (telecommunications), Giuseppe Carbonaro (chief engineer), Mario Gando and Nello Andreoli (chief mechanics), Massimo Robino (electrician), Silvano Federici, Cesare Quondamatteo, and Carlo Chiara (engineers), and technicians Davide Maccario, Giacomo Petriccione, Giuseppe Valenti, and Michael Hurrle.

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The 9th of August is a historic date for the Italian shipbuilding industry, marking 30 years of a record that still stands undefeated, set by the ship Destriero. Since 1992 the “Blue Riband” for the Atlantic crossing has belonged to all those who participated in the design and construction of the ship and the realisation of the challenge.

On 6 August 1992, Destriero, a fantastic example of Italian naval technology, left behind the Ambrose Light in New York, the skyscrapers of Manhattan and the Verrazzano bridge to embark on the record-breaking attempt.

At dawn on 9 August 1992, at 6.14 a.m. and 50 seconds, staff manning the Bishop Rock lighthouse in the Scilly isles off England, still shrouded in fog, were surprised to hear the voice of Cesare Fiorio over the radio: “Good Morning, this is the commander of the ship Destriero, we left from New York, please register the date and time of our passage.” “Good morning Destriero, we were not expecting you so soon…” was the operator’s reply.

Destriero, flying the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda burgee, had covered 3,106 miles in 58 hours, 34 minutes and 50 seconds, at an average speed of 53.09 knots, or 98.323 km/h, taking 21 hours less than the English catamaran Hoverspeed, holder of the previous record.

Waiting for the crew on their arrival was H.H. the Aga Khan, President of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda and the main supporter of the project. In addition to the Blue Riband, Destriero was also awarded the New York Yacht Club’s Columbus Atlantic Trophy and the Virgin Atlantic Challenge Trophy, created by Richard Branson.

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