Royal Denship was a Danish multi-facility conglomerate

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builder. Presently in

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, the company has created some of the world's largest super yachts. Royal Denship constructed yachts across six ship yards, constructing motor, expedition and sailing yachts. Among Royal Denship’s partners were Assens Shipyard, Danyard Aalborg Yachts, Fredericia Shipyard, Tuco Yacht Vaerft and Aarhus Shipyards. On April 3, 2009 Royal Denship was declared bankrupt by the Bankruptcy Court in

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality, Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and app ...

Partners

*Aarhus Shipyard: was located in

. Declared bankrupt 5. October 2007. Royal Denship had 3 vessels under construction at the ship yard at the time, they were all finished by Danish subcontractors. The shipyard had two floating docks with the dimensions 90 x 16.5 x 5.2m with a lifting capacity of 1.750 tons and 70 x 13 x 4m with lifting capacity of 650 tons. *Assens Shipyard: located on

Funen Funen (, ), is the third-largest List of islands of Denmark, island of Denmark, after Zealand and North Jutlandic Island, Vendsyssel-Thy, with an area of . It is the List of islands by area, 165th-largest island in the world. It is located in th ...

, founded around 1850, the yard now covers 50,000 square meters. New build experience include trawlers, ferries, passenger ships, tugs, and special construction such as luxury yachts. The shipyard has two floating docks, one with the dimensions 80 x 40m with a lifting capacity of 1.200 tons and one with the dimensions 100 x 18.5m with lifting capacity of 2100 tons. *Danyard Aalborg: was located in

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. Liquidated 18. August 2009, soon after Royal Denship's bankruptcy. The company specialised in aluminium and composite based construction techniques. The company had previously constructed corvettes for the

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, as well as commercial cruise ships, and ocean patrol vessels. Danyard Aalborg builds the Royal Denship 125 Classic, and the Royal Denship 135 Classic. *FAYARD A/S: is located in Munkebo. It is the largest new build and repair yard in Denmark with a workforce of about 450. Founded in Fredericia by the Andersen family in 1916, it is still privately owned. The shipyard has 4 dry docks with the dimensions: Dock 1: 303 x 45 x 7 m, Dock 2: 280 x 44 x 7 m, Dock 3: 315/415 x 90 x 8 m, Dock 4: 145 x 30 x 8 m. The shipyard was at the time of Royal Denship called Fredericia Shipyard and located on the east coast of

Jutland Jutland (; , ''Jyske Halvø'' or ''Cimbriske Halvø''; , ''Kimbrische Halbinsel'' or ''Jütische Halbinsel'') is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein). It ...

Fredericia Fredericia () is a town located in Fredericia Municipality in the southeastern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. The city is part of the Triangle Region Denmark, Triangle Region, which includes the neighbouring cities of Kolding and Vej ...

The yard included two floating docks of 20.000 tons and 12.000 tons respectively, a dry-dock of 108 x 22 x 5 m, and a slipway of 1.000 tons *TUCO: located in

Faaborg Faaborg or Fåborg () is an old port town located on Faaborg Fjord in Faaborg-Midtfyn municipality on the island of Funen in Denmark. By road, Faaborg is located southwest of Odense, west-northwest of Svendborg, and roughly southeast of Midde ...

on the island of

, TUCO is a specialist

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motor and sailing yacht builder

Yachts built

*258' Pegasus V (ex: Princess Mariana) *209' Turmoil *206' Force Blue (ex: Big Roi) *153' Big Aron *146' Rose Pigre (ex: Odyssey, Amante) *143' Waterlily *143' Triple 8 (ex. Caneli) *137' Unforgettable *135' Ranger (J-Class sailing yacht) *125' Betty *120' Trideck *110' Vera 4 (ex. Fidel) (Sloop sailing yacht) *108' Aventura (Sloop sailing yacht) *2x85' Flybridge Yachts *7x82' Open Motor Yachts

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Yachts built

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