Yas in port in Barcelona, 2015.
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Netherlands | |
Name: | HNLMS Piet Hein |
Namesake: | Piet Pieterszoon Hein |
Operator: | Royal Netherlands Navy |
Builder: | Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde |
Laid down: | 28 April 1977 |
Launched: | 3 June 1978 |
Commissioned: | 14 April 1981 |
Decommissioned: | 1998 |
Fate: | Sold to United Arab Emirates |
United Arab Emirates | |
Name: | Al Emirat |
Owner: | United Arab Emirates Navy |
Acquired: | 1998 |
Commissioned: | 1998 |
Decommissioned: | 2005 |
Fate: | Rebuild as yacht |
United Arab Emirates | |
Name: | Yas |
Owner: | Hamdan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan[1] |
Acquired: | 2005 |
Commissioned: | 2015 |
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Status: | in active service |
General characteristics before being rebuild as yacht | |
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Length: | 135 m (442 ft 11 in) |
Beam: | 14.4 m (47 ft 3 in) |
Draft: | 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) |
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Complement: | 176–196 |
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Aircraft carried: | 2 × Sea Lynx helicopters (1 in peace-time) |
Yas is a private superyacht rebuilt by ADMShipyards of Abu Dhabi, launched in 2011 and delivered in 2015.[2] At 141 metres (463 ft) in length she is one of the largest motor yachts in the world.[3]
Named Swift141 during development, Yas is based on the hull of a former navy frigate. HNLMS Piet Hein, a Kortenaer-class frigate of the Royal Netherlands Navy was launched in 1978 and sold to the United Arab Emirates Navy where she was operated under the name Al Emirat. A second frigate of the same class is undergoing a similar conversion: HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen, renamed Abu Dhabi and Swift135.[4]
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yas (yacht).
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