Yas (yacht)
Yas in port in Barcelona, 2015. | |
| History | |
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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 |
| Acquired | 2005 |
| Commissioned | 2015 |
| Identification |
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| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics before being rebuild as yacht | |
| Displacement |
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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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| Speed |
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| Endurance | 4,700 nautical miles @ 16 knots (8,700 km @ 30 km/h) |
| 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. At 141 metres (463 ft) in length she is one of the largest motor yachts in the world.
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.