This Royal Navy Ship Turned Luxury $54m Explorer Superyacht Has A Range Of 20,000nm!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- I had the privilege of spending five years at sea after joining the Royal Navy at 16.
And even though I retired from the armed forces several years ago, I, like many other maritime veterans, still feel very much attached to the navy.
When one of my subscribers commented on one of my videos about an explorer superyacht that I had never heard of before, I thought I would check it out.
Suffice to say, when I found this yacht on Edmiston's website, I was not disappointed.
And then when I read that Bleu de Nimes used to be a Royal Navy Degaussing ship, I just knew that I had to make a video about this old friend.
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HI this is a former R.M.A.S. vessel either Magnet or Lodestone. As I worked on both I am glad at least one was not scrapped.
As an old merchant navy sailor it brought back memories of my youth thank you.
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I'm impressed with how well it turned out
Now this is a ship anyone can love, much better than the candy ass yachts being built today.
Ah well, now that's a nice interior. Absolutely beautiful, with as much taste as anyone could need. Some people can design interiors for boat's and some can't, this team is near perfect in my opinion. A stunning vessel.
100% agree
I love these converted military ships to explorer yacht, it just makes sense that the ship is still doing what it’s meant to do. And they look awsome doing it.
Another bucket list travel. Miami to Bermuda to Newfoundland to Greenland to Iceland to Faroe to Bergen to Copenhagen to Helsinki.
Awesome! 16m extension! That’s incredible. What a fantastic ship, you know it’s going to be extremely seaworthy and capable. Great job on the redesign and the interior looks marvellous.
More decommissioned ships should be used for this, it’s superb
I agree 🙌 thanks for watching 👍
I like the forward well deck, which is remeniscent of classic liners of the 20th century. It is also the perfect place to hide your tenders, presenting clean lines and a very photogenic exterior.
This yacht is 100% more practical & classy than the purpose built gin palaces, all bulges & LED strip lights, that spend most of their life moored up in the Mediterranian.
well said
I love this fantastic vessel, the freedom to travel every very when fuelled up , wow
Beautiful Lines.
I also like to see the crew areas; galley, engine room, crew quarters and mess, plus the bridge! I always get excited by those areas since working at sea so many years ago. Beautiful ship, worthy of another life!!!
The refit is astonishing. She really is very impressive! That range though is unbelievable, true explorer range. I’m very curious to hear how she achieves that range. The closest yacht to rival that range, from my memory, is only Octopus at 12,000 nautical miles and she is almost twice the length of blue de nimes.
Degaussing ships were always designed for long-range deployments, with extended periods at sea. I can only assume that her fuel tanks are huge
@@YachtBuoy 100,000 gallons 😮😮
Absolutely amazing. Must be nice to have that kind of financial capability to transform a navy vessel into a magnificent world cruiser.
what a masterpiece.
Stunning
Absolutely stunning in every way.
The latest conversion looks great, she was quite the boat before but the bar has been raised quite a few steps
Beautiful
Wow! Very impressive.
Sauna and massage room?
What's not to like? ⚓👍
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Bleu de Nimes has for some time been my dream yacht, had I won Euromillions Superdraw. Sadly I did not..!! LOL I like the fact that her heritage has given her not only a somewhat more conservative yet unique appearance compared to other production yachts, but also outstanding range and the apparent ability to handle the most extreme conditions. Is there any clue as to whether or not she has Ice class capabilities...? I admit that whilst personally her interiors are not to my taste her versatility and abilities more than outweigh any negatives. With the number of guest cabins, she is obviously aimed at the Charter market, which would not be my prime objective, but this too can be changed with an interior refit. In Blue de Nimes, I believe a potential owner will have a vessel equally elegantly at home gracing harbours from Cannes to Cape Town, yet with true Global Cruising capability, able to reach far-flung destinations...
Alas, she does not have any ice class capabilities. Thanks for watching and thanks for leaving a comment 🙌
@@YachtBuoy Thanks for clarification .Pity she is not "Ice" classed however there are now ways of achieving limited Ice class verification without extended additional steel plating being needed.. As an aside apparently during the rebuild and Hull extension, a bulbous bow was added which has not only improved her sea keeping abilities, but has also improved fuel consumption. 220 lts., per hour at 12 knots for a vessel of this size is remarkable. I understand that her fuel tankage capacity is 320,000 gallons (Imp)or +/- 1,600,000 ltrs...!
@@peterlbaldwin511 So @ 5 bucks a gal. it will only cost 1.6 mil to fill her up.
Gorgeous
To be precise, she was part of the Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service, not the Royal Navy itself.
Now that's what you call up cycling or recycling
gorgeous work of art, hats off to the refit designers.
Thanks for watching and for leaving a comment :-)
amazing! great video
Thanks for watching 🙌 glad you enjoyed it 👍
Exo 2 should have a range approaching this vessel what a magnificent ship
One of the best and useable yacht I have seen. Where is my lottery ticket!!!!
Absolutely stunning!
Beautiful yacht.
Beautiful interior, I could live there
She got nice lines
gorgeous...
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I want to convert an aircraft carrier.
Would be sweet to have room for a skatepark and MX track for the kids.
Practical.
haha, that would be one conversion I would insist on being allowed to visit
@@YachtBuoy found one sold in the UK a few years ago, HMS Illustrious. Only $2.75M US ! YT won’t let me post link.
If i could afford to buy her, and operate her with crew, i would love to own her. With that kind of fuel capacity I would only need to refuel her every 10 years or so. This is amazing. Thank you.
Thanks for watching 🙌 glad you enjoyed the video
It's my understanding that it costs fuel to carry fuel. So having a spectacular range is one thing and taking advantage in another. Seriously though, if I had an exploration yacht, I expect, I would follow the coastline of every continent, going up rivers and visiting every interesting port for a day or maybe a week. Funny thing, I'm always looking for a humidor, or where I would put one.
Amazing !!!
I guess this is why I'll never have this kind of money. I just don't get an "expedition" ship without a machine shop, electrical shop, laboratory spaces, foul weather space with all the junk you put on and take off in SS6 weather. Wood is nice, luxury is okay, but I want something that wears well and requires less maintenance, not more. When I am 2400 nm from the nearest port and something breaks, I want to be able to make a new one and install it. I also want specs on how the habitable spaces in the ship can withstand -50 degree or +50 degree weather and keep a constant 20 degrees and 50 percent humidity. It'd also be nice to have a craft that cruises at better than 9 knots at 1 gallon per nm. I also want medical facilities and sufficient goods storage to allow for extended travel away from sources of supply. Who gives a flying f about beautiful appointments when the water maker goes south because of a broken valve and all you have is an elegantly appointed galley to try and fix what's wrong?
Nice yacht, wish you told or showed us the engine room and what her engines are?
WOW
Well done video on a incredible yacht.
Thanks 🙌
Nice build,exceptional job. I hate to think how much she costs to operate per year.
Lodestone was not RN but RNAS as I recall. Lloyds were correct in classing her as a new build.
1:07 #Decent #range #my #Lord
Benetti motor yacht Aquarium...! As for this IMPRESSIVE vessel, if she had an elevator/lift, my family and I would have purchased her...
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I am an EX Royal Australian Sailor and loved the outfit. Hence your videos hit a nerve with me
Thanks for the feedback and welcome to the channel, shipmate ⚓️
Fabulous vessel. I want one! Did they upgrade the power plants and genny?
I'm not sure - I couldn't find any reference to machinery upgrades
Obscene wealth
This vessel was not ex RN,she was ex RMAS,thats Royal Maritime Auxilliary Service and was based at Portsmouth,her sister ship Magnet was based at Faslane.I know because I was a crew member on Magnet
Thanks for clarifying. A few viewers have asked about the role and purpose of degaussing ships - would you be able to shine any light on the subject? From what I gather, the Magnet class vessels were used to help hide the magnetic signature of subs?
@@YachtBuoy I could ,but as you are ex RN you will understand why I wont
'loose lips sink ships..' :-)
The government should buy her back as a replacement for HMY Britannia, instead of building a new ship.
Oh, I would so love to have something with that kind of range. I don't need all that size or luxury; I just want a comfortable liveaboard with the ability to go _anywhere._
(And yes, I know; since we can't afford a former Royal Navy ship, that means wind or solar. We don't have the physical stamina to realistically handle the work on a sailboat daily, but we're looking at solar.)
Maybe not too far in the future, electric propelling systems now mostly used in navy vessels would be made small enough to install on a 60-feet yacht. With efficiant battery system and solar, that would significantly improve the range and comfort level.
Oh Johnno this is the best so far. If i could find an exact copy between 35-45mts i'll leave home. The people who's vision it was to fit out the interior are magicians. I'm lovin it. Well done mate. On cold dark nights when i need a bit of porno, this is my go to fantasy.
glad you liked it :-) She is a gem! I am surprised that I have never seen her before. Glad to know the vid will 'come in handy' for you lol.
REEL NICES.
for it's size is 20,000 nm that great?
it certainly is - especially considering that this she is now a private yacht
Any idea what engines she has? I can’t find that anywhere
I’m not sure - will see what I can find out 🙌
Cummins
@@richardsmith579 thank you
Is she ice classed?
I believe so 🙌
Absolutely stunning engineering work. Perfect high end charter or personal yacht, Bravo!!
An expensive boat to run!
Miss the armament .
So would this be a better new Britannia (cheaper)
That is a good idea! Would save the U.K Government a lot of money! I think if I was the broker for this yacht, then I would make contact with them as it would go down better with the british public thank a new-build.
@@YachtBuoy obviously being British made would be a good selling point. I suspect our PM is more keen on something he wants to use for his own holidays
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Be funny to see an aircraft carrier built as a Mega luxury yacht.
Now that is something I would love to see! Imagine the toys you could stow away
If you buy it, you'd better not advocate for others to downsize to prevent climate change and advance social justice issues))
Beautiful
Military vessels intended for blue water operations always have incredibly long ranges compared to civilian ones. If I was ever fotunate enough to have the money for a vessel of this size that I intended to cruise the world with, I'd try and refit a pre-owned Naval hull such as this or try to requisition a hull from a comparable shipwright for that reason - the endurance is just unparalleled.
Sorry that is just not true. Most blue water naval vessels do not have greater range than civilian vessels. Ship Design is a compromise and fuel competes in that process and in a warship there is a lot of competition for space. When you bear in mind it would be rare for a warship not to refuel from a tanker fairly regularly - even a nuclear powered carrier only has sufficient aviation fuel for a few days air ops.
Now let's make a super yacht/destroyer hybrid type of ship lol
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YES you are Right, but a Nuclear Carrier has how many-sided crew, just the Air wing alone is huge. That flies them off to the land base as the carriers comes in for work. The refueling is mostly for the Jets. But just think of the food a carrier needs. YES there are resupply ships for world Navy's that just sail as at Sea resupply. There is not the need for that on this Navy convention. Some of these type electronic special type Navy vessels were outfitted with fuel supply to stay on station for extended times plus they did not have the crew on board as a carrier. Remember what the video guy said a happy crew is a hard working crew. You must always resupply food on bigger more manned Navy ships. Just saying can't compare a carrier to this type of Navy convention vessel.
By far the most beautiful yacht interior I ´ve ever seen and i`ve seen thousands !! Supreme european fine taste throughout ,and top yacht design a long distance fm the horrendous oligarcs gin palaces that clutter the worlds marinas !!
Thanks for watching and for leaving a comment :-) You have great taste!
Using former Navy vessels as private yachts is an outstanding idea. Kudos to the engineers who are responsible for making this happen!😎👍
I think John Wayne bought an old mine sweeper for his yacht.
That is soooooo impressive. Much more interesting than all these new build Super Yachts built from scratch and she looks fantastic. I wish more uber wealthy people would follow this example.
Check out the Ragnar..
Loved how they refitted her. Looks real good. Impressive yacht.
Glad to see older vessels like this getting a second life. Thanks so much for your video work. (:
My pleasure! thanks for you comment, I appreciate it :-)
All she's missing is a set of deck guns in case you run into any riffraff on your way through the gulf of guinea or the Malacca strait.
Absolutely awesome. I am surprised no one has bought a frigate class boat and converted it over. That would take a hit and keep on going.
One can only hope that with modern technology, such conversions have the requisite sea kindly abilities necessary for today's market..? I am reminded of stories of a much older conversion, Onassis's legendary yet also infamous yacht "Christina". For nearly three decades "Christina" was the "go to " yacht for the "Jet set, hosting guests such as Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco, Opera Diva Maria Callas(Onassis's long term mistress), Winston Churchill, the Taylor-Burtons and of course Jackie Kennedy. But notoriously "Christina" was not a sea kindly boat and despite Onassis having lavished about 100 million U$ on her (in today's terms) he could not correct the fault, apparently in anything more than a 1-2mt. swell she would begin to pitch, yaw and roll alarmingly. Because Onassis obviously wished to spare his guests any discomfort, this was one of the reasons that the yacht was often seen in less glamorous ports than might be expected of such a vessel.
I think a Frigate would be a bit too big as a yacht. Also, most are gas turbine powered and would require to be re-engined for economy. Patrol vessels are a more economic size for yacht conversion, and there are plenty to choose from.
I's be happy for our serving seamen / women to have those sort of facilities as standard.
It is beautiful. The one thing you did NOT explain (I know, but most do not) is exactly what function a De-Gaussing vessel performs for the navy.
Actually not a fan of this refurbishment. Very old fashioned looking, much prefer clean and contemporary lines. Looks like a refurbished job from Southeast Asia, not stylish of classy like from Italy.
Wow, envious.
Excellent range surprisingly a titanium has incroiyable
Rename her Britannia and put her back into Lizzy’s service 👍🏻
My thoughts exactly.
She’s dead now lol
The only word is BLIMEY !!!!🇬🇧⚔
Virtually without exception, I have preferred the Crew accommodation rather than the gaudy and ostentatious owner and guests accommodation found on many vessels of this type.
No amount of wealth can buy good taste...
Using former Navy vessels as private yachts is an outstanding idea. Kudos to the engineers who are responsible for making this happen!😎👍
I know, right? What better hull for an expedition yachts than a former navy ship
Phenomenal. Well planned.
I like her. Too large for my tastes. 26 guests; I can't think of 26 people I would want to go to sea with. Her interior appears to be comfortable. Too many yachts are going for the ostentatious floating palace look. I prefer fine crafted and functional. Save the gold leaf for someone else.
'I can't think of 26 people I would want to go to sea with' I can relate to this lol
Extremely wealthy people tend to have a lot of "friends".
thats a gorgeous ship.
Beautiful classic ship
1300 cc - which is evil enough by itself.
I bet the men amd women that worked on her wish they could go back onto her now. I could live there. Ryobovich Shipyards and CBM are joining Icon in taking old vessels used for military and commercial purposes and turning them into explorer vessels. I personally would like the look of a military vessel like Skat, Bold, Mizu or Khailala(sp). Just on the off chance you ran into some pirates near the Gulf of Aden or south America, it would make them think twice about coming after you. Of course taking on temporary armed security while transition is also another idea for the Gulf, but some yacht people may not like the rough looking men with Barrett .50 BMG sniper rifles and H&K G3 and DD18's roaming all over the teak looking to smoke check some skinnies.
It must cost a couple million to fill up those tanks.
How should I contact you to ask a question? I realize this appears stupid, but my look through the members section wasn't enlightening. No rush. Yours aye
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Imagine being able to get 20 or so friends, and crew, and then just head off round the world for a year or so.. Awesome (seasickness aside 😀)
Shes not the best looking of superyachts but if any ship deserves a change why not it being an ex Royal navy, I find it fantastic what naval architects can do with conversions, how common is it I know of Ragnar but who doesn't.
I 100% agree! Warships have a tough life, so it is only fitting that they can sail the seven seas recreationally in their retirement! Thanks for watching!
I love the previous history. I also love she has the opportunity to create new history. 💚
Fabulous video, thanks. FYI, Clelands is pronounced Clellands, I worked there back in another life.
Good to know!
Wow very very impressive
I would love to have it
Very interesting
Thank you
i want one. lol
Lekker man lekker
Nice cork.