Azzam in numbers
Azzam: the measure of the world's largest superyacht
Bigger than a Royal Navy Type-45 Destroyer, Azzam may be immense but the superyacht industry now says going bigger is no longer better
By John O'Ceallaigh
January 14, 2015 16:25
Azzam
Azzam
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In what has become one of the superyacht industry’s social highlights, last night’s London countdown of the largest superyachts in the world confirmed what everyone in the capital’s ME London hotel already knew. The 590ft (180m) Azzam remains the superyacht that surpasses all others.
Built by German shipyard Lurssen, the vessel was launched in 2013 – up until that point the largest superyacht