Abramovich gave 352 million on the largest yacht in the world

June 13, 2009 / 7:17

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Russian Roman Abramovich, Chelsea club owner, has purchased the biggest yacht in the world, estimated at around 352 million euros, with a military missile detection, two heliports, a luxury spa, pool and even a minisubmarin.

Boat, Eclipse, has nearly 170 meters long and was built sites Blohm & Voss in Hamburg, Germany. The ship will be delivered in 2010.

The apartment owner has both walls and armored windows.

The project was secret, and at a time of ship builders have announced that only a yacht named Eclipse is built somewhere in Germany, without providing further details and specify who is the owner.

According to experts from the industry, Eclipse was built specifically to overcome the biggest yacht today, the sheik Dubaiului, which has 160 meters length.

Abramov, a 11 man with a fortune in the world according to Forbes, has three yachts: Pelorus (115 meters) Ecstasea (86 meters) and Sussurro (50 meters). Maintenance cost per year is over 17.5 million and only cost Pelorus power to 86,000 euros.

Son of Hebrew parents, Abramovich, aged 41 years, started the business selling plastic răţuşte in his apartment in Moscow, but after only a few years his business has been expanded from oil groups to pig farms. The richest man in Russia has prospered during the mandates of the Kremlin Vladimir Putin, and critics say that he used government connections to retrieve the former state-owned companies.

He is known outside of Russia that owns Chelsea football club and that organizes parties for football players and British businessmen on his yachts.

Abramovich had lost over 15 billion due to financial crisis.