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ECLIPSE Yacht – Epic $600M Superyacht
The ECLIPSE yacht was once the largest yacht in the world at an impressive length of 162.5 metres (533 ft) but currently ranks in second place after AZZAM.
Though she is known as the billion-dollar yacht, it is estimated that her true value lies between US $500 – $700 million.
The vessel can host 36 guests and is even rumored to feature a state-of-the-art anti-paparazzi system to protect the privacy of those on board.
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| Terence Disdale | |
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ECLIPSE yacht interior
The interior (and the exterior) was designed by Terence Disdale , who has become one of the top names in the industry despite having no formal design education.
ECLIPSE was his largest project to date, and he also worked on prominent vessels such as A+ and AL SALAMAH. The interior of ECLIPSE is classically designed in a style that is to be expected from one of the largest yachts in the world.
The upholstery and furniture follow a beige and crème color palette with wooden accents.
The yacht’s 18 cabins can welcome 36 guests as well as 70 crew members, which is an unusually large number even for a vessel of this size.
A large dance floor, several fireplaces, two swimming pools, and two helipads are also included onboard.
The ECLIPSE yacht interior is so large that there is even a cinema dedicated exclusively to crew members. In 2015 the interior of ECLIPSE was refitted by Blohm and Voss in Hamburg.
Specifications
The ECLIPSE yacht is the second-largest yacht in the world with a length of 162.5 meters (533 ft), a beam of 22 meters (72.2 ft), and a draft of 5.9 meters (19.4 ft).
She was built by the German shipyard Blohm & Voss and delivered to her owner in 2010.
Four MTU engines power ECLIPSE and allow her to reach top speeds of 25 knots, although her average cruising speed lies at 22 knots.
Her total volume lies at 13564 tons making her not only one of the longest but also the heaviest yachts in the world.
Like the interior of ECLIPSE, the interior was designed by Terence Disdale. According to rumors, Abramovich fitted her with an anti-paparazzi system that detects electronic light sensors from digital cameras.
However, there is no proof of this, although many newspapers report its existence.
On deck are several swimming pools and jacuzzis, and the aft of the vessel features a sizeable beach club. The yacht has a sleek design that attests to Terence Disdale’s classical style.
ECLIPSE came to fame as being the most expensive yacht ever built at the time for an approximate price of US $500 million.
She has seen further improvements since her purchase by Abramovich in 2010 and it is often widely reported that she is worth US $1.2 – $1.5 billion.
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Russian Oligarch Roman Abramovich’s Two Superyachts Are Sailing Towards Each Other in the Mediterranean
Ship tracking platforms show that the billionaire’s yachts "eclipse" and "solaris" are relocating to the mediterranean, with no port destination specified., emma reynolds, emma reynolds's most recent stories.
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Russian oligarch and billionaire Roman Abramovich is on the move—and so are his superyachts.
After being slapped with sanctions in response to Russia ’s invasion of Ukraine, the billionaire was last seen on March 14 at an airport in Israel, where he has dual citizenship, according to Reuters .
Abramovich, who is currently worth an estimated $7.1 billion, according to Forbes , appears to be moving his yachts to safer waters. His 533-foot superyacht Eclipse , normally anchored year-round in the Caribbean, has been sailing east towards the Mediterranean since February 21, according to global ship tracking platform MarineTraffic. As of Wednesday, the ship is located off the coast of Algeria and is still sailing east with no port destination specified. The yacht, estimated to be worth over $600 million, is one of the largest and most expensive in the world , and seems to be cruising towards Abramovich’s other yacht, Solaris , in the Ionian Sea.
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Roman Abramovich’s “Solaris” superyacht. Courtesy of Lloyd Werft
The 461-foot Solaris is currently located in the Ionian Sea off the western coast of Greece and heading south. Solaris was most recently at a port in Barcelona, where it had reportedly been receiving repairs since late 2021 . The ship left without declaring a destination. However, it’s possible both Solaris and Eclipse are heading towards each other and are even eyeing ports in Israel where Abramovich is considered safe from sanctions.
Though a long-time ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Abramovich has denied having close ties to the Kremlin. This hasn’t stopped dozens of nations, including the US, UK and several EU countries, from implementing sanctions and asset freezes on the oligarch. The sanctions are part of a concerted multinational effort to pressure Russia’s wealthiest and most powerful individuals to help bring Russia’s war on Ukraine to an end.
Perhaps sensing the economic pressures to come, Abramovich made headlines just days after the Ukraine invasion for stating his intention to sell his beloved Chelsea Football Club in London for $2.5 billion. The billionaire said all proceeds would benefit Ukrainian refugees and “victims of the war,” which, notably, may also include Russian soldiers.
Russian oligarch and Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich appears to be seeking cover from international sanctions in Israel, where he has dual citizenship. Associated Press
Russians own up to 10 percent of the world’s megayachts, so Abramovich is just one of many Russian billionaires who are moving their assets to avoid seizure by international authorities. This week, Italian police seized Russian oligarch Andrey Melnichenko’s 486-foot Sailing Yacht A, and earlier this month, France impounded the yacht Amore Vero , owned by Russian oil billionaire Igor Sechin. Other Russian billionaires have had their yachts impounded in other EU countries.
This isn’t the first time Russian oligarchs’ whereabouts have been made public. Florida teen Jack Sweeney, who once tracked Elon Musk’s jet, created a Twitter account —@RUOligarchJets—dedicated to tracking the private jets of Russian oligarchs, which is updated daily.
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Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich owns or is linked to a collection of five yachts estimated to be worth almost $1bn, including several vessels whose ownership remained secret until this week.
A Financial Times investigation into the billionaire’s assets has lifted the veil of secrecy he maintains over his wealth, even after the UK and EU imposed sanctions on him following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for his allegedly close relationship with President Vladimir Putin.
Authorities in the UK and EU are attempting to identify all of the assets owned by sanctioned oligarchs. Abramovich was already widely reported to be the owner of Solaris and Eclipse — worth $474mn and $437mn, respectively, according to yacht data service VesselsValue. But the FT revealed this week that he also owns Halo and Garçon, which are both moored in Antigua.
The Antiguan government was unaware of the ownership of the boats docked on the island before inquiries from the FT, highlighting the scale of the challenge UK and EU authorities face in enforcing sanctions.
Tom Keatinge, director of the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies at the Royal United Services Institute think-tank said governments, banks and other institutions trying to enforce sanctions had to navigate a world where “ownership trails run cold and morph into a haze of front companies, nominees and cut-outs”.
Halo and Garçon are valued at $38mn and $20mn, respectively, and are now at risk of being seized.
In a letter to the British high commissioner to Barbados regarding the yachts, Antiguan minister of foreign affairs Paul Chet Greene said the island would “provide full assistance to the government of the United Kingdom” if it receives a request under the two nations’ Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty.
The letter noted that Antigua had requested information on the company that owns the two boats — British Virgin Islands-registered Wenham Overseas Limited — after “persistent allegations by the Financial Times that the vessels could be owned by Mr Roman Abramovich”.
In response, the British high commission provided Antiguan authorities with a letter, seen by the FT, “from the Financial Investigation Agency of the British Virgin Islands which states the beneficial owner of Wenham Overseas Ltd is Roman Abramovich”.
The letter also shows the billionaire’s address in Switzerland is listed simply as “Immeuble, Gatzby Le Magnifique”, which translates as “The Great Gatsby Building”.
Keatinge described the UK’s ability to demand full ownership information of companies registered in any of its overseas territories or crown dependencies as its “most powerful global weapon” in combating financial secrecy.
However, he asked: “How much is that weapon being used?”
A person with knowledge of Abramovich’s boat collection and documents seen by the FT indicate that the oligarch may also still be the owner of Sussurro, the first yacht he bought in 1998, despite reports he had given it to an ex-wife in a divorce.
The person who correctly identified the two yachts in Antigua as belonging to Abramovich told the FT the oligarch still owned Sussurro.
The vessel’s owner is listed in maritime registers as Vesuvius International Limited in the British Virgin Islands. BVI documents show this company was deregistered there in 2017. Another Vesuvius International was registered in Jersey the same year.
The owner of Jersey-based Vesuvius International is listed as Wotton Overseas Holdings Limited. This entity — which shifted from the BVI to Jersey in 2017 — is also the owner through a subsidiary of a helicopter that has been photographed landing on Abramovich’s Solaris several times.
Maritime tracking services show Sussurro, which means “whisper” in Italian and is valued at $11mn, is moored in La Ciotat in the south of France — the same port where the French government last month seized a $116mn superyacht belonging to a company tied to Igor Sechin, head of Russian oil group Rosneft.
Sussurro’s management company is Blue Ocean Management, a Cyprus-based company that also manages Le Grand Bleu, a 113-metre superyacht that Abramovich reportedly gave to his business associate Eugene Shvidler.
The UK placed Shvidler under sanctions last week.
The letter from the BVI’s financial investigation agency to its British counterparts also reveals that the owner of Le Grand Blue — Ashchurch Holdings Limited — is owned by “Zarui Shvidler”. Shvidler’s wife is commonly known as Zara Shvidler.
VesselsValue pegged Le Grand Bleu’s market value in a range of $110mn-$130mn, noting that the boat had last been tracked this week in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Puerto Rico.
Representatives for Abramovich and Shvidler did not respond to requests for comment.
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Roman Abramovich’s superyacht Eclipse spotted off of Greenock, Scotland
Roman Abramovich’s superyacht Eclipse has been spotted off Greenock, Scotland. It’s unclear whether Eclipse ’s owner is on his luxury yacht in Scotland, but the 162.5 metre yacht has been turning heads nonetheless.
The second largest yacht in the world, Roman Abramovich's Eclipse has been making quite a stir as Scotland is a more unusual superyacht charter destination , especially this time of year when many iconic yachts are seen in the Mediterranean .
Roman Abramovich’s superyacht Eclipse spent this spring at a shipyard in Barcelona. She left the Med, sailing via Bergen, Norway, and around the UK to the northern waters of Scotland. She might just be making a scenic stop and enjoying cruising Scotland’s craggy coast by luxury yacht before heading back south.
Eclipse was named Motor Yacht of the Decade during the World Superyacht Awards 2015. Roman Abramovich’s superyacht Eclipse held the title of world’s largest private yacht for an impressive three-year stint from her launch in 2010 until 2013, when new largest yacht in the world 180 metre Azzam stole the crown.
When Eclipse left the Blohm+Voss yard in Germany, however, it was her ownership as much as her gargantuan proportions that drew headlines. Roman Abramovich stands at the vanguard of a wave of Russian owners who have made such a mark on the superyacht industry that they have redefined its boundaries. Their boldness and ability to spend vast sums have not only pushed size, but also design, to exciting new levels.
It's no wonder that Roman Abramovich's Eclipse being seen in Scotland is making waves, as she's the only yacht of her kind and of such ownership in sight.
Eclipse is notable for plenty apart from her size. Yacht designer Terence Disdale ’s graceful lines flatter her bulk with rulebook-writing aplomb and she’s chock-full of custom features, including a 16 metre swimming pool that can be converted into a dance floor.
Her interior – also by Terence Disdale – boasts hundreds of bespoke finishes exclusively developed for the project. Some of the statistics she carries are undeniably impressive: a 56 metre-long owner’s deck; pads for two helicopters plus a hangar for a third under the foredeck; accommodation for 92 crew and staff; 18 suites for 36 guests.
Many details of her specifications and design are shrouded in mystery, but as the only media organisation to have featured Eclipse in full, Boat International can attest that this is one truly extraordinary yacht, as the locals are getting to see while superyacht Eclipse makes a cameo in Scotland.
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Sanctioned Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich tried to offload his vast assets amid clampdowns on the country's oligarchs. Take a look at his luxury empire, including the 3rd-largest yacht in the world.
- Billionaire Roman Abramovich was once the richest known man in Russia.
- He was one of seven Russian oligarchs sanctioned by the UK government on March 10.
- Before being sanctioned, Abramovich scrambled to sell his assets, including his $3 billion soccer club Chelsea FC.
Roman Abramovich was once the richest known man in Russia. Bloomberg pegs his net worth at $13.5 billion, a $4.1 billion slump since the beginning of the year.
His net worth peaked in 2008 at $23.5 billion.
Ambramovich, 55, is known for his collection of superyachts, luxury cars, private planes, and homes around the world. The Wall Street Journal once nicknamed his global collection of extravagant possessions " The Roman Empire. "
The billionaire is the largest shareholder of Evraz , one of the world's top producers of steel . He also owns stakes in the world's largest producer of refined nickel, according to Bloomberg.
Most of Abramovich's vast fortune comes from proceeds from selling Russian state-owned assets after the fall of the Soviet Union. He owned stakes in industries like airlines, oil, and aluminum .
In 2003, he sold a 26% stake of Russian airline company Aeroflot to the National Reserve Bank. In 2005, he sold his 70% stake in Russian oil company Sibneft for almost $10 billion. He also offloaded his aluminum assets for more than $2 billion.
Abramovich did not respond to Insider's request for comment for this story.
Katie Warren contributed to an earlier version of this article.
From 2003 to 2008, Abramovich was the governor of Chukotka, a remote Arctic province.
During his tenure, he spent $1.3 billion of his own money on the region.
Sibneft, the oil company of which he owned nearly 70%, was registered in the region until Abramovich sold his shares to the state-run energy company in 2015.
Abramovich has been married three times and has seven children.
His most recent marriage was to Dasha Zhukova, with whom he has two children . The couple cofounded the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow and the New Holland Island cultural center in Saint Petersburg. In 2017, the couple announced they would be separating after 10 years together.
Abramovich was previously married to Irina Malandina for 16 years. They have four daughters and one son. At the time of their 2007 split, he was worth $18.7 billion. Although Russian courts usually award a wife half of the wealth built up during a marriage, Malandina settled for $300 million — 1.6% of Abramovich's fortune.
Little is known about Abramovich's first marriage to Olga Yurevna Lysova, except that it lasted for three years, from 1987 to 1990.
Now, with the West's sanctions on Russia's oligarchs, Abramovich has reportedly been scrambling to sell his assets.
In the aftermath of Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's organization named Abramovich one of 35 Russian individuals who should be considered for sanctions, The Guardian reported.
Abramovich bought London-based Chelsea FC in 2003 from long-time chairman Ken Bates for $233 million. Abramovich is "a keen follower of sport and international football," a statement said at the time.
In a statement in March, Abramovich announced that he would be selling the club. "This has never been about business nor money for me, but pure passion for the game and Club," Abramovich said.
He also said all the net proceeds from the sale would go to those affected by the war in Ukraine. Bloomberg reported that he is seeking a bid of 3 billion pounds ($4 billion).
Abramovich is understood to have turned down a £2.5 billion ($3.3 billion) offer in late February or early March, per SkyNews.
Abramovich was among seven Russian oligarchs who were sanctioned by the UK on March 10.
Despite the billionaire rushing to offload some of his assets — including Chelsea Football Club — the sanctions now bar him from making deals to sell the club, banning all transactions between Abramovich and UK citizens and businesses .
Chelsea FC is the seventh-most valuable soccer club in the world, per Forbes.
It was worth about $3.2 billion in 2021, per Forbes . While the club has amassed millions of fans around the world, not all are happy with its stance on Ukraine.
Chelsea FC posted a controversial statement in February, where it failed to mention Russia or Abramovich's ownership.
"The situation in Ukraine is horrific and devastating. Chelsea FC's thoughts are with everyone in Ukraine. Everyone at the club is praying for peace," the club said in a statement on its website at the time.
However, Chelsea's financial future is now in doubt because of sanctions against Abramovich. Sanctions on him mean that the club's finances are frozen , and that Chelsea can now only spend around $26,000 per game on travel.
In 2018, Abramovich was granted Israeli citizenship and flew to Tel Aviv after facing delays in renewing his UK visa.
Upon moving to Tel Aviv, Abramovich became the richest man living in Israel. In 2020, local media reported that the billionaire had dropped $57 million on a seafront hotel in Tel Aviv.
In the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, several high-profile Israelis — including the chairman of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum and a chief rabbi — urged the US not to impose sanctions on Abramovich, according to The Times of Israel.
The representatives wrote a letter to the US ambassador in February commending Abramovich's investments, philanthropy, and contributions to Israel, the outlet reported.
The museum's chairman told the Washington Post that Abramovich was the museum's second-largest private donor.
Reports indicate Abramovich is also rushing to offload his London real estate holdings.
The billionaire has homes all over the world, including a $118.4 million home in Kensington Palace Gardens in London, an area nicknamed "Billionaires' Row," according to The Guardian .
"He's terrified of being sanctioned, which is why he's already going to sell his home tomorrow and sell another flat as well," Labour MP Chris Bryant told the UK Parliament in March, per Bloomberg .
Abramovich is also among the billionaires who own homes at Eaton Square — an exclusive garden estate in London that is nicknamed "Red Square" because of the number of Russian billionaires who own properties there.
Abramovich has spent tens of millions of dollars on prime New York City real estate.
Abramovich paid $96 million for four townhouses on New York City's Upper East Side with plans to turn them into one megamansion. He also bought another property two blocks away.
In September 2018, Abramovich transferred four of the five properties, all in a row on East 75th Street, to his third ex-wife, Zhukova, for about $92 million as part of their divorce proceedings, the New York Post reported, citing city property records.
Abramovich reportedly owns a home in Antibes on the French Riviera.
Abramovich bought the Chateau de la Croe , a mansion that overlooks the Mediterranean Sea, in 2001, per Bloomberg.
In 2018, A French court found that Abramovich had undervalued the holiday home and had not paid enough wealth tax in 2006 and 2007.
In 2009, Abramovich dropped $90 million on an estate on the Caribbean island of St. Bart's, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a person close to the deal.
The 70-acre estate is replete with Balinese bungalows with ocean views, tennis courts, swimming pools, and music pavilions, per the Journal's 2009 report .
Homes aren't the only things Abramovich likes to collect: The billionaire has reportedly spent hundreds of millions of dollars on yachts on his lifetime.
Abramovich bought the superyacht Pelorus in 2004. At the time, it was the 11th-largest yacht in the world, per Yacht Harbour .
But Abramovich's second ex-wife, Malandina, got the yacht in their divorce settlement .
Before sanctions were imposed on Abramovich on March 10, a 460-foot superyacht Solaris that was linked to Abramovich departed a Barcelona shipyard after being docked there for repairs since 2021. The $600 million vessel left Spain on March 8, and was tracked moving eastward after leaving the shipyard.
Solaris was spotted on March 12 , anchored in Montenegro.
Abramovich later spent nearly $500 million on a superyacht called Eclipse.
At 533 feet long, Eclipse was once the world's largest yacht, though it's since been overtaken by the 590-foot Azzam , which launched in 2013, and later too by REV Ocean , a sleek, 600-foot yacht that launched in 2019.
Among Eclipse's amenities are two helicopter pads, cabins to host 36 guests and space for 70 crew, a 52-foot swimming pool — and a missile detection system.
The yacht was in a Barcelona shipyard last year for renovations, The Guardian reported in February.
However, the superyacht this week appeared to be headed in the direction of the Solaris yacht . According to data from MarineTraffic , the two superyachts could eventually meet in the Ionian sea if the Eclipse were to keep its course sailing east across the Mediterranean Sea.
Abramovich has reportedly owned at least three other yachts in his lifetime, including Le Grand Bleu .
His car collection is nothing to scoff at either.
Abramovich reportedly has dropped more than $11 million on luxury vehicles , including the above limited edition Ferrari FXX. Only 29 were made.
Abramovich also bought a Pagani Zonda Roadster, one of only 15 ever to be made, according to The Telegraph. He has also reportedly bought a Bugatti Veyron, a Mercedes AMG GT3, and an Aston Martin Vulcan.
Abramovich has a number of airplanes in his personal fleet, including a Boeing 767-33AER.
The customized interior of the aircraft includes a banquet hall that seats 30 people, a kitchen, an office, and a bedroom.
Abramovich previously owned a Dassault Falcon 900, which his ex-wife Irina Malandina got in their 2007 divorce settlement, per Boss Hunting.
Meanwhile, a $65 million Gulfstream private jet linked to Abramovich was seen flying from Israel to Istanbul on March 14. Abramovich himself was spotted at a VIP lounge in Israel before the Gulfstream jet made its journey to Turkey.
Abramovich's personal art collection comprises works by Pablo Picasso, Lucian Freud, and Francis Bacon.
In 2008, he spent $34 million on a piece entitled "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping" by Freud.
The very next night at Sotheby's, Abramovich paid $86.3 million for Francis Bacon's "Triptych, 1976," according to The Wall Street Journal .
But Abramovich's art collection could soon be under scrutiny. Several countries are looking to freeze Russian billionaires' foreign-owned assets, which could include some of the most valuable pieces in the world, reported The Art Newspaper.
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Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich owns the second-largest yacht in the world and a customized airplane with a 30-person banquet hall - see how else he spends his fortune of at least $11 billion
Roman abramovich is a russian billionaire with an estimated net worth between $11.6 billion and $14.1 billion..
Once the richest man in Russia, Abramovich's net worth peaked in 2008 at $23.5 billion.
Source: Forbes
The 51-year-old billionaire became a high-profile figure in Britain after he acquired Chelsea Football Club in 2003.
Source: Bloomberg
Abramovich bought the soccer team 15 years ago from long-time chairman Ken Bates for $233 million.
Source: BBC News
Abramovich is "a keen follower of sport and international football," a statement said at the time.
Indeed, he is seen cheering on the team at many of their matches.
Source: Getty Images
Chelsea is one of the most valuable soccer teams in the world, with an average annual value of $135 million.
In September 2018, it was reported that Abramovich was considering a $3.9 billion sale of the team.
Source: Bleacher Report
Most of Abramovich's vast fortune comes from proceeds from selling Russian state-owned assets after the fall of the Soviet Union, according to Bloomberg.
In 2003, he sold a 26% stake of Russian airline company Aeroflot to the National Reserve Bank, and then sold his aluminum assets for more than $2 billion.
Today, Abramovich owns the largest share of Evraz, Russia's second-biggest steelmaker.
He also owns stakes in the world's largest refined nickel producer, Norilsk Nickel.
Abramovich has been married three times and has seven children.
In 2017, Abramovich announced his separation from his wife of 10 years, Dasha Zhukova, with whom he shares two children.
Source: Business Insider
The couple co-founded both the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow and the New Holland Island cultural center in Saint Petersburg.
Their divorce could be one of the most expensive splits in history, thanks to their joint businesses in Russia, an extensive art collection, a mega-mansion on the Upper East Side, and other shared assets.
Abramovich and Zhukova share a son, Aaron, and a daughter, Leah.
Source: Mirror
Abramovich was previously married to Irina Malandina for 16 years.
They share five daughters: Sofia, Anna, Ilya, and Arina, and one son, Arkadiy.
When the two were married in 1991, Abramovich hadn't yet amassed the majority of his wealth, but at the time of their 2007 split, he was worth $18.7 billion.
Although Russian courts usually award a wife half of the wealth built up during a marriage, Malandina settled for $300 million, or 1.6% of Abramovich's fortune.
Abramovich's first marriage to Olga Yurevna Lysova lasted three years, from 1987 to 1990.
Source: Curbed
From 2003 to 2008, Abramovich was the governor of Chukotka, a remote Arctic province, during which time he spent $1.3 billion of his own money on the region.
Source: Business Insider , AP Photo
Abramovich has homes all over the world, including a $118.4 million home in Kensington Palace Gardens in London, an area nicknamed "Billionaires' Row."
Source: The Guardian
However, it was reported in May 2018 that the UK soccer team owner was granted Israeli citizenship and would be moving to Tel Aviv after facing unusually long delays in renewing his UK visa.
In recent years, Abramovich paid $96 million for four townhouses on New York City's Upper East Side with plans to turn them into one megamansion. He also bought another property two blocks away.
Source: Business Insider , The Real Deal
But in September 2018 it was reported that he sold four of the five properties, all in a row on East 75th Street, to his ex-wife, Zhukova, for $91.4 million.
Source: The Real Deal
Zhukova is the founder and editorial director of Garage Magazine, now owned by Vice Media in Brooklyn.
Source: Garage Magazine
Abramovich owns a lavish home in Antibes on the French Riviera.
Source: Daily Mail
Abramovich bought the Chateau de la Croe, a mansion that overlooks the Mediterranean Sea, in 2001.
The chateau was once a summer retreat for the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
Source: Telegraph
Abramovich reportedly spent nearly $40 million renovating it.
A French court found in September 2018 that Abramovich had undervalued the holiday home and had not paid enough wealth tax in 2006 and 2007.
Abramovich added a $90 million estate on the Caribbean island of St. Bart's to his collection in 2009. The 70-acre estate reportedly includes Balinese bungalows with ocean views, tennis courts, swimming pools, and music pavilions.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Homes aren't the only things Abramovich likes to collect. The billionaire has reportedly spent hundreds of millions of dollars on yachts on his lifetime.
Source: The Richest
Abramovich bought the superyacht Pelorus, in 2004, when it was the 11th largest yacht in the world.
Source: Yacht Harbour
Abramovich's ex-wife, Irina, got the yacht in the divorce and later sold it to American business magnate and film producer David Geffen for $300 million. The yacht was most recently bought by Chinese billionaire Samuel Tak Lee.
Abramovich later spent nearly $500 million on a superyacht called Eclipse.
Source: The Guardian , Business Insider
At 533 feet long, Eclipse was the world's largest until it was overtaken by the Azzam in 2013.
Eclipse is said to have two helicopter pads, cabins to host 24 guests, two swimming pools, a disco hall, and a missile detection system.
It reportedly requires 70 members of staff to operate it and cater to guests.
Abramovich has reportedly owned at least three other yachts in his lifetime, including Le Grand Bleu.
His car collection is nothing to scoff at either. Abramovich reportedly owns more than $11 million of luxury vehicles, including this limited edition Ferrari FXX, which can reach speeds of more than 190 MPH. Only 29 were made.
Abramovich also bought a Pagani Zonda Roadster, one of only 15 ever to be made.
His other cars reportedly include a Bugatti Veyron, a Mercedes AMG GT3, and an Aston Martin Vulcan.
Abramovich has a number of airplanes in his personal fleet, including a Boeing 767-33AER.
The customized interior of the aircraft includes a banquet hall that seats 30 people, a kitchen, an office, and a bedroom.
Abramovich previously owned a Dassault Falcon 900, which was given to his ex-wife Irina in the divorce settlement.
Source: Boss Hunting
Abramovich's personal art collection comprises works by Pablo Picasso, Lucian Freud, and Francis Bacon, including a piece entitled "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping" by Freud, which the billionaire bought for $34 million in 2008.
Source: Bloomberg, Reuters
The very next night at Sotheby's, Abramovich paid $86.3 million for Francis Bacon's "Triptych, 1976."
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Roman Abramovich’s Yacht Fleet Past & Present
Say what you want about the elite, but you can’t help but marvel and low-key admire their spending habits when it comes to luxury toys. While Roman Abramovich might only be Russia’s 12th richest man (with a net worth of 9.8 billion USD), he’s undoubtedly the one you’ve heard the most about.
A fortune that began with a toy doll company, Abramovich and his now ex-wife used its success as a catalyst to world domination through everything from oil to consumer goods.
Among his arsenal of past and present superyachts, the billionaire tycoon also owns a private Boeing 767 and Gulfstream G650, while his ex-wife Irina took the Dassault Falcon 900 during their divorce settlement.
The pricetags below of these Roman Abramovich yachts – past and present – are in Australian dollars.
A Complete List of Roman Abramovich’s Yachts
Sussurro – $146 million.
Rumour has it that Sussurro is now owned by his ex-wife by way of a divorce settlement, and is rarely used regardless as it is almost always docked in Antibes.
ECSTASEA – $154 MILLION
Ecstasea is one of the fastest large yachts around, with an impressive 43,000 horsepower at a length of 86 metres.
LUNA – $386 MILLION
This 115-metre monstrosity boasts dual helipads and was built by Lloyd Werft at Stahlbau Nord Shipyards. The world’s second largest expedition yacht, the LUNA was sold to Abramovich’s friend and Azerbaijani billionaire Farkhad Akhmedov for 240 million Euro in 2014.
PELORUS – $386 MILLION
Clocking in at the same length and a very similar price tag, the Pelorus was built in 2003 by Lurssen and was briefly owned by a Saudi businessman before being sold to Abramovich the year after.
Optimised for long distance cruising, the Pelorus is without a doubt the sleekest of the tycoon’s line-up, with this vessel capable of 6000 nautical miles at 16 knots in a single voyage. Pelorus is now owned by Hong Kong businessman Samuel Tak Lee.
ECLIPSE – $643 MILLION
There’s no way Roman Abramovich could part from his flagship superyacht and the world’s largest by length at 163.5 metres. Known as the 1.5 billion dollar superyacht, Eclipse’s original cost price was realistically no more than 500 million USD.
Built in total secrecy by Blohm + Voss of Hamburg to custom request from Roman, Eclipse sports bulletproof windows, an advanced missile detection system and a provision to escape via submarine located at the bottom end of the yacht. Bond villain gadgets aside, its other amenities are things such as dual swimming pools and 20 jet skis.
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Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich owns or is linked to a collection of five yachts estimated to be worth almost $1bn, including several vessels whose ownership remained secret until this week.
A Financial Times investigation into the billionaire’s assets has lifted the veil of secrecy he maintains over his wealth, even after the UK and EU imposed sanctions on him following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for his allegedly close relationship with President Vladimir Putin.
Authorities in the UK and EU are attempting to identify all of the assets owned by sanctioned oligarchs. Abramovich was already widely reported to be the owner of Solaris and Eclipse — worth $474mn and $437mn, respectively, according to yacht data service VesselsValue. But the FT revealed this week that he also owns Halo and Garçon, which are both moored in Antigua.
The Antiguan government was unaware of the ownership of the boats docked on the island before inquiries from the FT, highlighting the scale of the challenge UK and EU authorities face in enforcing sanctions.
Tom Keatinge, director of the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies at the Royal United Services Institute think-tank said governments, banks and other institutions trying to enforce sanctions had to navigate a world where “ownership trails run cold and morph into a haze of front companies, nominees and cut-outs”.
Halo and Garçon are valued at $38mn and $20mn, respectively, and are now at risk of being seized.
In a letter to the British high commissioner to Barbados regarding the yachts, Antiguan minister of foreign affairs Paul Chet Greene said the island would “provide full assistance to the government of the United Kingdom” if it receives a request under the two nations’ Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty.
The letter noted that Antigua had requested information on the company that owns the two boats — British Virgin Islands-registered Wenham Overseas Limited — after “persistent allegations by the Financial Times that the vessels could be owned by Mr Roman Abramovich”.
In response, the British high commission provided Antiguan authorities with a letter, seen by the FT, “from the Financial Investigation Agency of the British Virgin Islands which states the beneficial owner of Wenham Overseas Ltd is Roman Abramovich”.
The letter also shows the billionaire’s address in Switzerland is listed simply as “Immeuble, Gatzby Le Magnifique”, which translates as “The Great Gatsby Building”.
Keatinge described the UK’s ability to demand full ownership information of companies registered in any of its overseas territories or crown dependencies as its “most powerful global weapon” in combating financial secrecy.
However, he asked: “How much is that weapon being used?”
A person with knowledge of Abramovich’s boat collection and documents seen by the FT indicate that the oligarch may also still be the owner of Sussurro, the first yacht he bought in 1998, despite reports he had given it to an ex-wife in a divorce.
The person who correctly identified the two yachts in Antigua as belonging to Abramovich told the FT the oligarch still owned Sussurro.
The vessel’s owner is listed in maritime registers as Vesuvius International Limited in the British Virgin Islands. BVI documents show this company was deregistered there in 2017. Another Vesuvius International was registered in Jersey the same year.
The owner of Jersey-based Vesuvius International is listed as Wotton Overseas Holdings Limited. This entity — which shifted from the BVI to Jersey in 2017 — is also the owner through a subsidiary of a helicopter that has been photographed landing on Abramovich’s Solaris several times.
Maritime tracking services show Sussurro, which means “whisper” in Italian and is valued at $11mn, is moored in La Ciotat in the south of France — the same port where the French government last month seized a $116mn superyacht belonging to a company tied to Igor Sechin, head of Russian oil group Rosneft.
Sussurro’s management company is Blue Ocean Management, a Cyprus-based company that also manages Le Grand Bleu, a 113-metre superyacht that Abramovich reportedly gave to his business associate Eugene Shvidler.
The UK placed Shvidler under sanctions last week.
The letter from the BVI’s financial investigation agency to its British counterparts also reveals that the owner of Le Grand Blue — Ashchurch Holdings Limited — is owned by “Zarui Shvidler”. Shvidler’s wife is commonly known as Zara Shvidler.
VesselsValue pegged Le Grand Bleu’s market value in a range of $110mn-$130mn, noting that the boat had last been tracked this week in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Puerto Rico.
Representatives for Abramovich and Shvidler did not respond to requests for comment.
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The current position of ECLIPSE is at Aegean Sea reported 5 days ago by AIS. The vessel ECLIPSE (IMO 1009613, MMSI 310593000) is a Yacht built in 2010 (14 years old) and currently sailing under the flag of Bermuda .
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| Callsign | ZCDX4 |
| Flag | Bermuda |
| Length / Beam | 163 / 22 m |
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| Year of Build | 2010 |
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