''Dilbar'' (, literally "Beloved") is a super-yacht launched on 14 November 2015 at the German

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shipyard and delivered in 2016. She was built as ''Project Omar''. The interior design of ''Dilbar'' was designed by

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and the exterior by Espen Oeino. As of 2022, ''Dilbar'' is the sixth longest yacht in the world. At , she is the third largest yacht by volume, after and . The yacht is owned by a company held in a trust settled by Uzbek-Russian billionaire oligarch

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. The yacht is reported to have cost $600 million, employ 84 full-time crew members, and contain the largest indoor swimming pool installed on a superyacht at 180 cubic metres. Usmanov previously owned, another, smaller yacht also named ''Dilbar'' (renamed ''

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'' in 2018).

History

Seizing by German government (2022)

Forbes reported that on March 2, 2022, ''Dilbar'' was seized by the German government as part of sanctions against Usmanov stemming from the

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. ''Dilbar'' was docked and undergoing refit at

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shipyard in

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since October 2021. This was later denied by the German authorities, who clarified that the yacht was not seized, but was covered by export control sanctions, meaning that ''Dilbar'' will not be able to leave Germany without special permission. In June 2022 ''Dilbar'' was valued at "as much as $750 million."Megayachts Running Low on Safe Harbors as Russia Sanctions Bite
, K. Oanh Ha, June 22, 2022; ''Bloomberg News'' At the beginning of the war, the Dilbar was in Hamburg at the Blohm + Voss shipyard. The ship was placed on a dry dock and should be overhauled. The exact legal ownership of ''Dilbar'' has been obscured. In April 2022, German federal police announced they'd investigated the yacht and found the yacht belonged to Usmanov's sister, Gulbahor Ismailova who was sanctioned in April 2022.Germany seizes the world's largest yacht (at least according to volume)
, Rachel Treisman, April 14, 2022;

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The yacht is owned by an independent trustee of an irrevocable family trust of which neither Usmanov nor his family members are beneficiaries since 2022. Usmanov’s sister Gulbahor Ismailova used to be beneficiary of the trust, but she was excluded from it after sanctions were imposed on her.

Ship and design

In April 2022, ''Dilbar'' was considered by Lürssen to be the largest motor yacht in the world by gross tonnage, measuring some 511 feet and 15,917 tons. She has two helipads and "one of the biggest indoor pools ever installed on a yacht." She was named after Alisher Usmanov's mother. The length of the yacht is , with a

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of and a

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of . ''Dilbar'' features a

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hull with an

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, and half teak decks. The ship is

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in the

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History

Seizing by German government (2022)

Ship and design

See also

References

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