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Ocean Breeze - 269 foot Floating Palace

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LOA ......................................    269'
Beam......................................   42'7"
Draft .......................................   11'8"
Construction...........................   steel
 Crew............................... 35 man
Silverware capacity ....200 people
Sleeping accom............... 28 people
Approximate value: (2008)
   US$34 million dollars

Cruising speed ..................18 nm
Range..........................7,000 nm
Displacement (tonnes)    2282 mt
Power:  Twin screw diesel
 2 x 3000 HP
Builder: Helsingor Vaerft, Denmark
Built in 1981

Formerly named "Qadissiyat Saddam" after a famous Arab victory over the Persians in 637 AD, The yacht was built  by Danish shipbuilders in 1981.  It belongs to the former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.  The yacht is now renamed Ocean Breeze and is moored off Nice, France, for sale at US$34 million.
Special Features:

Helicopter Pad;
Health Clinic;
Mini Theatre; 
Flat screen TV in every cabin; 
Storage room for heavy machine
guns and air missiles;
jaccuzis, steam rooms,
game parlors;
mini-submarine pod

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