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ANNA is a 110.0 m Motor Yacht, built in Netherlands by Feadship and delivered in 2018.

Her power comes from four Caterpillar diesel engines. She has a gross tonnage of 4693.0 GT and a 18.5 m beam.

She was designed by Michael Leach Design , who also designed the interior. Michael Leach Design has designed 10 yachts and designed the interior of 6 yachts for yachts above 24 metres.

The naval architecture was developed by Feadship De Voogt Naval Architects , who has architected 104 other superyachts in the BOAT Pro database - she is built with a Teak deck, a Steel hull, and Aluminium superstructure.

ANNA is in the top 5% by LOA in the world. She is one of 70 motor yachts longer than 100m.

ANNA is currently sailing under the Cayman Islands flag, the 2nd most popular flag state for superyachts with a total of 1413 yachts registered. She is known to be an active superyacht and has most recently been spotted cruising near France. For more information regarding ANNA's movements, find out more about BOATPro AIS .

Specifications

• Yacht Type: Motor Yacht
• Yacht Subtype: Displacement
• Builder: Feadship
• Naval Architect: Feadship De Voogt Naval Architects
• Exterior Designer: Michael Leach Design
• Interior Designer: Michael Leach Design
• Refits: 2019,2021

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110m  /  360'11 | feadship | 2018.

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Cabin Configuration

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Special Features:

• Guest elevator
• Inviting pool
• Two VIP cabins
• Lloyds Register ✠ 100 A1 SSC: yacht, mono, G6LR Machinery Class: + LMC classification
• Private beach club

The 110m/360'11" motor yacht 'Anna' was built by Feadship in the Netherlands at their Makkum shipyard. Her interior is styled by design house Brian McCarthy Inc. and she was delivered to her owner in October 2018. This luxury vessel's exterior design is the work of Michael Leach.

Guest Accommodation

Anna has been designed to comfortably accommodate up to 18 guests in 9 suites comprising two VIP cabins. Additionally, there are 2 staff cabins aboard which can accommodate up to 4 members of the owners staff and security team. She is also capable of carrying up to 36 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht experience.

Onboard Comfort & Entertainment

Her features include beauty salon, elevator, underwater lights, beach club and air conditioning.

Range & Performance

Anna is built with a steel hull and aluminium superstructure, with teak decks. Powered by twin diesel Caterpillar (3516-C) 2,870hp engines, she comfortably cruises at 12 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 18 knots. Anna features at-anchor stabilizers providing exceptional comfort levels. Her water tanks store around 97,000 Litres of fresh water. She was built to Lloyds Register ✠ 100 A1 SSC: yacht, mono, G6LR Machinery Class: + LMC classification society rules.

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ANNA Yacht – Charismatic $250M Superyacht

ANNA yacht is a 110m Super Yacht beauty designed by Michael Leach Design. She has a steel hull and aluminum superstructure and is the largest yacht ever built by Feadship .

Luxury yacht manufacturer Michael Leach unveiled the ANNA yacht, a stunning luxury superyacht, which is set to be one of the most expensive yachts in the world.

She will feature an ultra-contemporary interior by the multi-award-winning Super yacht design consultancy Michael Leach.

With an interior that evokes images of luxury and sophistication, this yacht is sure to impress.

ANNA yacht specifications

The ANNA yacht is a 110m Feadship Superyacht designed by Michael Leach Design in 2018. She has a steel hull and aluminum superstructure and is the largest yacht ever built by Feadship.

She can accommodate 16 guests and 32 crewmen! Powered by 4 Caterpillar engines, she cruises at 14 knots and maxes out at 18 knots.

ANNA is the epitome of luxury. As one of the largest yachts in the world, ANNA is built to exceed all expectations.

With her modern interior design, she is a floating paradise for any guest or crew member.

Being one of only 58 yachts longer than 100m, ANNA costs an astronomical $250 million!

She requires annual running costs of $25 million — clearly, she’s worth every penny.

Every passenger will have access to four different types of cabins, including two VIP cabins, one suite, and one double cabin, giving them various options for their luxurious trip.

The ANNA yacht offers amenities such as air conditioning and an elevator, but there are also standard amenities that make a holiday even more comfortable, such as a beauty salon and underwater lights.

ANNA accommodates anyone with a passion for the sea!

The interior of ANNA blends elegance with the technical prowess of the most modern yacht in her class.

The decor is simple yet elegant and tasteful, whilst still allowing for a comfortable amount of space for as many as 16 guests.

There are 9 bedrooms on board, which along with the 2 VIP cabins can comfortably sleep up to 22 people, including the crew of 32 members.

This isn’t a luxury yacht — it’s a floating palace! The large space of the salon is equipped with nail and beauty salons for your pleasure and entertainment.

The water lights underneath the hull create a magical lantern-like glow and the elevator (two elevators in fact) will take you anywhere on the ship, including the beach club, where you can relax and unwind.

Every inch of the ANNA yacht interior has been fully maximized with easy access to entertainment and dining facilities, providing guests with no shortage of space to relax.

The main deck aft is one of the largest sunbathing areas on any motor yacht, and ample seating creates a sociable atmosphere.

The main salon and sky lounge are fitted with expansive outdoor balconies, and the spacious dining room offers superb views over the main deck.

From aft to the bow, this yacht has everything you need for a sublime nautical experience.

Walk into the main deck and you’ll find a staircase leading up to the upper deck, which houses a big alfresco dining table and an outdoor lounge.

On the fore deck, you’ll find space for hosting parties or kicking back with a good book.

The sundeck is the best place to soak up the sun. From the highest point on board, guests are treated to stunning views of their surroundings.

The sundeck is covered with lounge seating and offers a peaceful retreat from the rest of the ship.

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Anna Specifications

• Model Custom
• Hull NB 1007
• Hull Colour -
• Naval Architect De Voogt Naval Architects
• Exterior Designer Michael Leach Design
• Interior Designer Michael Leach Design
• Length Overall 110.0m
• Length at Waterline -
• Draft (min) -
• Draft (max) 4.3m
• Gross Tonnage 4693
• Cabins Total 9
• Hull Configuration Displacement
• Hull Material Steel
• Superstructure -
• Deck Material Teak
• Fuel Type -
• Manufacturer -
• Total Power -
• Propulsion -
• Max Speed 18 Kn
• Cruising Speed 12 Kn
• Fuel Capacity 442000
• Water Capacity 97000
• Generator -
• Stabilizers -
• Thrusters -
• Amenities -
• Yacht Builder Feadship View profile
• Naval Architect De Voogt Naval Architects No profile available
• Exterior Designer Michael Leach Design No profile available
• Interior Designer Michael Leach Design No profile available

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The largest superyacht built by Feadship to date, 110m/360’10” ft superyacht ANNA was spotted in the Netherlands a few days ago. Feadship announced that she will be undergoing some maintenance as part of “My Feadship client support strategy”.

Superyacht ANNA in Amsterdam. Photo credit @benrotsap_photography

M/Y ANNA was delivered last year to her owner, a Russian Billionaire, who named his 110m luxury vessel after his daughter.

ANNA arriving in the Netherlands for maintenance. Photo credit @benrotsap_photography

ANNA spent the whole winter yachting season in the Caribbean and will be gearing up for the Mediterranean summer season.

110m superyacht ANNA. Close-up shot. Photo credit @benrotsap_photography

She was designed by Michael Leach , who created her impressive exterior look with a pure white coating providing a matte finish to the lower half and gloss to the upper section. Naval architecture was developed by Feadship de Voogt , while the interiors were created by Brian J. McCarthy in collaboration with Michael Leach Design.

110m ANNA. Copyright feadship

The variety of luxurious amenities include a massive beach club, private side terraces and spacious outdoor living areas.

Superyacht Anna. Copyright feadship

Perhaps, ANNA would not become available for private charters anytime soon, however, there is a large selection of Feadship superyachts that you can charter this summer in Eastern and Western Mediterranean .

ANNA in Amsterdam. Photo credit @benrotsap_photography

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Please contact CharterWorld - the luxury yacht charter specialist - for more on superyacht news item "Russian Billionaire's 110m superyacht ANNA in Amsterdam".

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ANNA Boat for Sale

56' brooklin boat yard | 2007 | $1,300,000.

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Anna Boat | 56' Brooklin Boat Yard 2007

"ANNA" represents a unique opportunity to own a piece of sailing yacht history. She is a 56' Sparkman & Stephens design  very well built by Brooklin Boat Yard in Maine. 

She was built off of a previous Sparkman and Stephens design "STORMY WEATHER". She represents the latest thinking in sailing yacht technology for her time. Her hull was constructed using a cold-molded combination of mahogany, western red cedar and Port Orford cedar. 

Denison Yachting is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by Yachting Solutions.

Denison Yacht Sales offers the details of this yacht in good faith but can’t guarantee the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of this boat for sale. This yacht for sale is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal from that yacht market without notice. She is offered as a convenience by this yacht broker to its clients and is not intended to convey direct representation of a specific yacht for sale.

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Anna HIGHLIGHTS

• Yacht Details: 56' Brooklin Boat Yard 2007
• Location: Rockland, ME
• Engines: Yanmar
• Last Updated: Aug 20, 2024
• Asking Price: $1,300,000
• Max Draft: 8' 3''

Anna additional information

• Beam: 13' 0''
• Hull Material: Wood
• Displacement: 40,350 lb
• Fuel Tank: 1 x 100|gallon
• Fresh Water: 1 x 120|gallon
• Holding: 1 x 20|gallon

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Yanmar 4JH4-TE 75 HP diesel with Yanmar Saildrive

Custom Chain and Cable Steering

Mastervolt Combi Charger/ Sine Wave Inverter

Custom SeaFrost reefer, engine driven with shore-assist option

Spectra Ventura Watermaker

Atlantic Marine Hot Water Heater

Espar D5LC Forced Hot Air Cabin Heating 

Antique Cabin Stove

Heated Towel Racks in the Head

Navtec Nitronic Rod Rigging

Navtec Vang

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Who Was on the Sunken Yacht? Tech Mogul Mike Lynch, His Family and Friends.

Mr. Lynch, the former chief executive of the software firm Autonomy, who was acquitted on fraud charges in June, was with friends and family when the yacht went down in a severe storm.

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Michael de la Merced reported on Mike Lynch’s career and legal battles over the course of 13 years across two continents.

A cruise on the Mediterranean Sea aboard a superyacht was supposed to be a celebratory event for the British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch , who was acquitted in June of fraud charges tied to the sale of his company, Autonomy, to the tech giant Hewlett-Packard.

Instead, it turned into a disaster after the yacht, a 180-foot boat called the Bayesian, sank off the coast of Sicily in a violent storm. Of the 22 people aboard, 15 were rescued and seven others died . Search operations ended on Friday after the final body was recovered from the site of the sunken yacht .

Here’s what we know about the passengers.

Mike Lynch and his family

Mr. Lynch, 59, is a British software entrepreneur who had once been described as his country’s Bill Gates. He founded the software firm Autonomy, which analyzed clients’ unorganized data, and turned it into one of the most prominent British technology companies of its time. He became a widely known corporate leader, who advised David Cameron, the British prime minister at the time, and joined the board of the BBC.

In 2011, Mr. Lynch sold Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard for $11 billion, which was far above its market value, earning him hundreds of millions. But HP investors almost immediately soured on the transaction, and the American tech giant quickly fired its chief executive — and then Mr. Lynch.

HP later accused Mr. Lynch of misleading it about the state of Autonomy’s business, setting off a decade-long legal ordeal for the British executive, who denied the accusations. U.S. prosecutors charged him and other executives with fraud, and Autonomy’s chief financial officer was convicted in 2018.

Despite appeals to the British government, Mr. Lynch was extradited to the United States last year and was confined to a townhouse in San Francisco ahead of his criminal trial, which began in March. Facing the possibility of decades in prison if convicted, Mr. Lynch and another colleague were instead acquitted of all charges.

An official in Palermo, Sicily’s capital, said on Thursday that Mr. Lynch’s body had been recovered. His wife, Angela Bacares, 57, accompanied him on the yacht, and she was rescued on Monday when it sank. She was a consistent presence at his trial in the United States. Records show that she controlled Revtom, the company listed as the owner of the Bayesian.

The body of Hannah Lynch , Mr. Lynch and Ms. Bacares’s 18-year-old daughter, was thought to be recovered on Friday.

The other guests

Jonathan Bloomer, 70, chair of Morgan Stanley’s international arm and the chairman of Hiscox, an insurance provider that trades on the London Stock Exchange, was on the yacht when it sank, along with his wife, Judy Bloomer, 71. Their bodies are thought to be among those recovered, but Italian authorities have not identified them.

Christopher J. Morvillo, 59, a New York-based partner at the international law firm Clifford Chance, was also on the yacht. A former federal prosecutor who comes from a family of prominent lawyers, Mr. Morvillo represented Mr. Lynch during his criminal trial in San Francisco. His wife, Neda, 57, was with him on the yacht. Their bodies are also assumed to be among those recovered.

“We are in shock and deeply saddened by this tragic incident,” a representative of Clifford Chance said in a statement.

Surviving passengers rescued from the yacht include Charlotte Golunski, a partner at Mr. Lynch’s venture firm, Invoke Capital; Ms. Golunski’s husband, James Emslie; and their one-year-old daughter Sophie. Also rescued were Ayla Ronald, a lawyer at Clifford Chance, and her partner, Matthew Fletcher.

The yacht had a crew of 10, and nine were rescued. The body of the chef, Recaldo Thomas, was recovered from the water, the Sicilian Civil Protection Department said.

Elisabetta Povoledo contributed reporting, and Kitty Bennett and Susan Campbell Beachy contributed research.

Michael J. de la Merced has covered global business and finance news for The Times since 2006. More about Michael J. de la Merced

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Grim news coming in from Sicily, Italy. Mike Lynch, the U.K. investor and founder of IT company Autonomy, has been identified as one of two bodies recovered from the Bayesian , the yacht that sunk off the coast of Sicily early Monday, according to several reports coming out of the country that cite the chief of Civil Protection, Salvo Cocina.

Lynch’s daughter, Hannah, has also been identified.

The news caps off a grim few days of events. The boat, registered to Lynch’s wife, Angela Bacares, quickly capsized in the early hours of Monday after it was struck by a tornado-like water column. Bacares was among the 15 survivors, but three bodies have now been found and four more are still being recovered from the wreck. Those yet to be found include the international chairman of Morgan Stanley bank, his wife, a lawyer from New York who worked with Lynch, and his wife.

As we previously reported , the Bayesian was on a voyage to celebrate Lynch’s acquittal in a criminal fraud trial in the U.S. earlier this summer. That trial also involved a co-defendant, Stephen Chamberlain.

In a tragic coincidence, Chamberlain was hit by a car last Saturday and died of his wounds earlier this week.

Lynch was one of the most well-known and colorful figures in the U.K. technology world — sometimes referred to as the “Bill Gates of U.K. tech.”

HP acquired Lynch’s enterprise technology firm Autonomy in 2011 for $11 billion — a major milestone for U.K. technology and one of the biggest tech M&A deals at the time. But it quickly turned sour, and HP sued Lynch and Autonomy’s director of finance, Chamberlain, arguing it was misled in the transaction.

HP claimed that the deal led to a $4 billion+ loss — money it then demanded from Lynch and Chamberlain. Lynch (pictured above, left) and his co-defendant long asserted that they acted in good faith and were being made into scapegoats over a merger gone bad.

That legal drama went on for more than a decade and involved a host of other thorny chapters, including Lynch’s extradition to the U.S. over the DoJ criminal suit (the one that only recently concluded with acquittal) and a lot of very bad publicity for him. It also included a second, civil case that took place in 2022 in the U.K., which Lynch lost.

The U.S. criminal case, where Lynch and Chamberlain were charged with 15 counts of fraud and conspiracy and could have spelled jail for the pair, went to trial earlier this year in San Francisco. Then finally, in June, Lynch and Chamberlain were acquitted .

In the interim years, Lynch built up a profile in the U.K. as a prominent investor, most prominently as the founder of Invoke Capital .

The VC firm was the biggest investor in cybersecurity firm Darktrace, a connection that was not without its own controversy . It also invested in Sophia Genetics , Featurespace and Luminance, among others. And it appeared that this is the route that he had been planning to continue to pursue.

“I am elated with today’s verdict and grateful to the jury for their attention to the facts over the last 10 weeks. My deepest thanks go to my legal team for their tireless work on my behalf,” Lynch said at the time of the acquittal in June. “I am looking forward to returning to the U.K. and getting back to what I love most: my family and innovating in my field.”

Our thoughts go out to Lynch’s (and Chamberlain’s) family, friends and colleagues. We have also reached out to Lynch’s spokespeople and will update this post as we learn more.

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Italian firefighter divers bring ashore in a green bag the body of one of the victims of the U.K.-flag vessel Bayesian on Wednesday. The luxury sail yacht was hit by a violent sudden storm and sunk early Monday, while at anchor off the Sicilian village of Porticello near Palermo, in southern Italy. Salvatore Cavalli/AP hide caption

PORTICELLO, Sicily — Divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily found the bodies of five passengers Wednesday and searched for one more as questions intensified about why the vessel sank so quickly when a nearby sailboat remained largely unscathed.

Rescue crews unloaded three body bags from rescue vessels that pulled into port at Porticello. Salvatore Cocina, head of the Sicily civil protection agency, said two other bodies had also been found in the wreckage for a total of five.

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The discovery made clear the operation to search the hull on the seabed 50 meters (164 feet) underwater had quickly turned into a recovery one, not a rescue, given the amount of time that had passed and that no signs of life had emerged over three days of searching, maritime experts said.

The Bayesian, a 56-meter (184-foot) British-flagged yacht, went down in a storm early Monday as it was moored about a kilometer (a half-mile) offshore. Civil protection officials said they believed the ship was struck by a tornado over the water, known as a waterspout, and sank quickly.

Fifteen people escaped in a lifeboat and were rescued by a nearby sailboat. One body was recovered Monday — that of the ship’s chef, Recaldo Thomas, of Antigua.

Thomas was born in Canada, according to his cousin David Isaac, but would visit his parents’ homeland of Antigua as a child, moving permanently to the tiny eastern Caribbean island in his early 20s. Italian officials previously listed Antigua as the nationality of someone on board.

The fate of six missing passengers had driven the search effort, including British tech magnate Mike Lynch , his 18-year-old daughter and associates who had successfully defended him in a recent U.S. federal fraud trial.

Lynch’s spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday.

Emergency services at the scene of the search for a missing boat, in Porticello, southern Italy, on Tuesday. Salvatore Cavalli/AP hide caption

What caused the ship to sink so quickly?

Meanwhile, investigators from the Termini Imerese Public Prosecutor’s Office were acquiring evidence for their criminal investigation, which they opened immediately after the tragedy even though no formal suspects have been publicly identified.

Questions abound about what caused the superyacht, built in 2008 by Italian shipyard Perini Navi, to sink so quickly, when the nearby Sir Robert Baden Powell sailboat was largely spared and managed to rescue the survivors.

Was it merely the case of a freak waterspout that knocked the ship to its side and allowed water to pour in through open hatches? What was the position of the keel, which on a large sailboat such as the Bayesian might have been retractable, to allow it to enter shallower ports?

“There’s a lot of uncertainty as to whether it had a lifting keel and whether it might have been up,” said Jean-Baptiste Souppez, a fellow of the Royal Institute of Naval Architects and the editor of the Journal of Sailing Technology. “But if it had, then that would reduce the amount of stability that the vessel had, and therefore made it easier for it to roll over on its side,” he said in an interview.

The captain of the Sir Robert Baden Powell sailboat, which came to the Bayesian’s rescue, said his craft had sustained minimal damage — the frame of a sun awning broke — even with winds that he estimated reached 12 on the Beaufort wind scale, which is the highest, hurricane-strength force on the scale.

He said he had remained anchored with his engines running to try to maintain the ship’s position as the storm, which was forecast, rolled in.

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“Another possibility is to heave anchor before the storm and to run downwind at open sea,” Karsten Bornersaid in a text message. But he said that might not have been a viable option for the Bayesian, given its trademark 75-meter (246-foot) tall mast.

“If there was a stability problem, caused by the extremely tall mast, it would not have been better at open sea,” he said.

Yachts like the Bayesian are required to have watertight, sub-compartments that are specifically designed to prevent a rapid, catastrophic sinking even when some parts fill with water.

“So for the vessel to sink, especially this fast, you are really looking at taking water on board very quickly, but also in a number of locations along the length of the vessel, which again indicates that it might have been rolled over on its side,” Souppez said.

Italian coast guard and fire rescue divers continued the underwater search in dangerous and time-consuming conditions. Because of the wreck’s depth, which requires special precautions, divers working in tag teams could only spend about 12 minutes at a time searching.

The limited dive time is designed in part to avoid decompression sickness, also known as the “bends,” which can occur when divers stay underwater for long periods and ascend too quickly, allowing nitrogen gas dissolved in the blood to form bubbles.

“The longer you stay, the slower your ascent has to be,” said Simon Rogerson, the editor of SCUBA magazine. He said the tight turnaround time suggests the operation's managers are trying to limit the risks and recovery time after each dive.

“It sounds like they’re operating essentially on no decompression or very tight decompression, or they’re being extremely conservative,” he said.

Additionally, the divers were working in extremely tight spaces, with debris floating around them, limited visibility and oxygen tanks on their backs.

Search resumes for British tech magnate and 5 others after yacht sinks off Sicily

“We are trying to advance in tight spaces, but any single thing slows us down,” said Luca Cari, spokesman for the fire rescue service. “An electric panel could set us back for five hours. These aren’t normal conditions. We’re at the limit of possibility.”

“It’s not a question of entering the cabin to inspect it,” he added. “They’ve arrived at the level of the cabins, but it’s not like you can open the door,” he said.

The Italian coast guard said they had reinforced their dive teams and were using underwater remote-controlled robots, which can stay out for six or seven hours at a time and record the surroundings.

The lack of any signs of life and the recovery of bodies led outside experts to conclude that the search was now a recovery effort and investigation to determine how the tragedy had unfolded.

“I think the fact that there’s been quite a lot of diving presence around the vessel and that they haven’t been able to pick up any signs of life inside the vessel, is, is unfortunately, not a particularly good sign,” said Souppez.