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“Galeb”: The History of Tito’s Diplomatic Superyacht

Former leader of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito, has many objects that are inextricably attached to his enduring (albeit sometimes controversial) legacy. For instance, his famous Blue Train, his “ Air Force One ” style planes, his many homes, his secret bunkers, etc… but it could be argued that none are more iconic than his personal yacht, “ Galeb ” or “ Seagull ” in English. Upon this vessel, Tito sailed around the world, traversing 86,062 nautical miles (159,387 km) across the seas and open oceans during his time as leader of Yugoslavia. Bedecked with an interior of splendor and elegant modern design, the ship stood as a symbol for Tito’s diplomatic excursions through which he worked to cultivate ties with nations around the world within the framework of the Non-Aligned Movement project. By its final years of use, over 100 statesmen and world leaders had made stays and met with Tito upon the Galeb. In this article, we will investigate the history of the Galeb, following its history from its construction in 1938, its WWII exploits, its time as Tito’s maritime flagship, its post-Yugoslav deterioration and, finally, its recent resurrection as a showpiece museum.

The boat that would come to be known as “Galeb” was constructed in 1938 in the Italian town of Genoa at the Ansaldo shipyard by state-owned Royal Banana Monopoly “ Regia Azienda Monopolio Banane (RAMB) ” for the purposes of transporting bananas between Africa and Italy. Four of these ships were constructed at the same time, with the particular boat of our focus here being designated the RAMB III. The boat had a length of 117m and width of 15m, all powered by two Fiat diesel engines that gave it a combined 5,000hp with the ability to teach 17 knots or 31 km/hr. During its time as a commercial transport vessel, it would haul upwards of 50,000 tons of bananas a year to Italy, mostly from Somaliland. However, just a few years after the ship was constructed, it was commissioned into the Italian Navy, whereupon it operated as an escort ship for supply convoys and was armed with an array of artillery and anti-aircraft guns. During its wartime use by the Italians, it operated through the Adriatic and Mediterranean, where it faced off several times against British destroyers and air attacks. However, on May 10th, 1941, the RAMB III was struck in the bow by a torpedo from the British submarine HMS Triumph while anchored at the Libyan port of Benghazi, where it was disabled and left dead in the water. It was subsequently towed to the San Marco shipyard in Trieste by the Italian Navy.

However, the RAMB III was later commandeered at Trieste by the German Navy ( Kriegsmarine ) in September of 1943, at which point it was repaired and converted into a minelayer boat, given the new name “ Kiebitz ”. The exterior of the ship was painted with charismatic “Dazzle” camouflage , which were frenetic geometric designs meant to confuse those attempting to establish the boat’s speed and heading. During its time with the German Navy, it laid over 5,000 mines across the Adriatic. However, in July of 1944, while in the process of laying mines near the Italian port town of Ancona, the Kiebtiz loses power and crashes into one of its own mines, again disabling the vessel. From Ancona, it was again towed, this time to Pula in Istria, where it was repaired and then transferred up to the nearby port city of Rijeka. While anchored here at Rijeka, it suffered its final wartime fate when it was struck by an air attack on November 5th, 1944 by a squadron of British RAF Baltimore bombers. From here, the bombed out ship sank 22m down to the bottom of the Rijeka harbor.

The Kiebtiz sat there within the depth of the muddy Rijeka harbor for three years until efforts from the Yugoslav Split-based ship company “Brodospas” undertook efforts to raise and salvage the ship starting in November of 1947. After a one year worth of work, employing the innovative solution of attaching pressurized air canisters to the sunken ship’s hull, the Kiebitz was finally raised to the surface in March of 1948. This was the first time such a method was used to raise a sunken ship in the Adriatic. From Rijeka, the ship was then sent back to Pula, where it was completely refurbished and reconstructed at the “Uljanik” shipyard for the purposes of the Yugoslav Navy, being given a plush and extravagant new interior. When its restoration was completed, it was utilized by the Navy as a training and school ship for young sailors and was officially given what would become its final name “Galeb”. 

Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito would first step upon the Galeb in 1952 at the Dalmatian coastal town of Podgora during his personal inspection of the ship, at which point he instantly fell in love with the ship and began to employ it as his exclusive yacht for seafaring transport (which made it, at the time, one of the longest yachts in the world at 117m long). Tito took his first international voyage on the Galeb in March of 1953, taking off from the Montenegrin port of Zelenika to London via the Thames River (departing just days after the death of Stalin). When he disembarked the Galeb in London, the Yugoslav leader was met by the Duke of Edinburgh and Winston Churchill, marking the importance of his visit there, as Tito was the first communist head of state to make an official visit to the United Kingdom. A detailed account of this UK visit can be read about at THIS link . This momentous visit served as a symbolic event heralding Yugoslavia’s more open attitude towards dealing with the Western NATO nations and its move away from being exclusively under the yoke of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc.

The Galeb itself, as mentioned before, was festooned with a resplendent design and furnishing of mid-century decoration and adornment that fittingly made it a testament to Yugoslav aesthetics of the 1950s era. The outfitting and furnishing of the boat was undertaken by Croatian design engineer Zorko Lah of construction firm Brodoprojekt. For the interior, the walls of each stately room were covered with warm wood veneer and paneling, filled in with gray wall-to-wall carpeting throughout. Modernist matchstick-leg furniture laden with blue pinstripe fabric populates the rooms, conveying an atmosphere of sophisticated luxury. In addition, many of the stately rooms were decorated with large wood inlay murals, similar to those found on Tito’s Blue Train. The many bedrooms of the Galeb, with one set aside specifically for Tito, all accommodated fine wooden beds accented with Chesterfield headboards. Across the top deck of the ship, durable (yet expensive) teak wood is laid out for guests to stroll and admire the ocean views. However, as “luxurious” as these quarters may sound in this description (and perhaps were for the time period), they were altogether quite modest and restrained in their design and adornment when compared to superyachts or mega cruise liners of the contemporary era.

All in all, this was an environment fit to host not only the leader of Yugoslavia, but also world leaders, ambassadors, celebrities and the like. The boat also contained a private cinema for Tito’s enjoyment while out on the open ocean. One source  relates that during a 6 week voyage Tito made to Africa in 1961, he watched no less than 52 films in his theater on Galeb. In addition, on his voyages, he would also tote along small jazz groups, brass bands, dancers and other live entertainment to pass the time at sea. For transportation once arriving to foreign ports, Tito would also bring along a small fleet of his personal vehicles, which would often include his Rolls Royce Phantom V, his 1953 Cadillac Eldorado convertible and his 1937 Packard (gifted to him by Stalin).

Through its decades of service between 1952 and 1979 which Tito sailed aboard the Galeb, he travelled to nearly 20 nations across Europe, Asia and Africa, stopping along the way at roughly 30 different ports, crossing tens of thousands of kilometers of seas and ocean. One of the furthest ventures on the Galeb that Tito took was to Indonesia in 1958, which took 23 days of constant sailing to reach via the Suez Canal. It is thought that in total combined days, Tito spent nearly a year just aboard the Galeb. The majority of these visits were part of Tito’s cultivation of the anti-colonialist Non-Aligned Movement, where he worked to build relationships with all of the countries around the world who wished to remain separated and independent from both the Eastern and Western power structures of the Cold War era. As one source  describes, Tito used these trips to “ advertise Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav political system, and the Yugoslav economy, but also used them to discuss global politics with the leaders of the visited countries because he was attempting to secure the Yugoslav position within this nascent group of non-committed countries ”. Aboard the Galeb, Tito hosted such world leaders as Ethiopia's Haile Selassie, India’s Jawaharlal Nehru & Indira Gandhi, Burma’s U Nu, the USSR’s Nikita Khrushchev, Egypt’s Gamal Abdel Nasser, Romania’s Nicolae Ceauşescu, Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, among many others. With this impressive record of diplomacy, international outreach, and preludes towards decolonization, the ship was given the nickname, the “ Peace Ship ” Galeb. As one source  explains: “ The ship Galeb was an official symbol of such policies and goals. It was a mobile embodiment of the state policies that Tito sought to propagate and popularise with the masses, both at home and abroad .”

In addition, Tito also entertained many of his Hollywood and celebrity friends on the yacht with lavish parties, hosting such notable icons as Kirk Douglas, Elizabeth Taylor and Sophia Loren. These pleasure cruises were often taken around Tito’s private retreat on the Brijuni Islands, located off the coast of Istria. However, one of Tito’s most treasured guests aboard the Galeb was the famous Hollywood actor Richard Burton, who played Tito himself in the 1973 Yugoslav-produced film “ Battle of Sutjeska ”.

Through 27 years of use by Tito, the Galeb served as an integral part of his efforts towards overseas diplomacy, international relations and fortifying Yugoslavia as a global political player. In turn, the boat was embraced by Yugoslav citizens as a symbol of their nation's influence and prestige around the world. It is important also to note that during the time which Tito employed the ship for his various uses (which some sources assert was up to 500 days in total), it continued to be used as a naval training vessel and school ship, both for cadets and youth groups. The last major international voyage Tito took aboard the Galeb was in August of 1976 to the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka in order to attend the 5th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). During the summit, Tito hosted a ceremonial reception aboard the Galeb that was attended by 67 heads of state from NAM member nations.

Much of the final years of Tito’s use of the Galeb yacht after his last international voyage were centered around Herceg Novi, Montenegro, where the Yugoslav leader was seeking long term medical care from the renowned Medical Institute of "Dr. Simo Milošević" at the nearby town of Igalo. In fact, for his comfort during long stays there at Igalo, Tito oversaw the construction of a residence for himself there in 1976 named “ Vila Galeb ”, no doubt named after the famous ship itself. Finally, r ecords  indicate that the last voyage that Tito took aboard the Galeb was from his Brijuni Island residence to the Croatian city of Zadar and then back to Brijuni during the 15th and 16th of August, 1979. He passed away 8 months later on May 4th, 1980 at a hospital in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

From Tito’s death in 1980 until 1990, the Galeb ship continued to be used as a school and training ship, mostly sailing to Yugoslav ports across the Adriatic, with some visits to Greece, Turkey and Africa. After the dismantling of Yugoslavia began in the early 1990s, the Galeb was transferred to a port at Tivat, Montenegro in the Bay of Kotor, where it eventually became property of the Government of Montenegro. Then, from 1995 to 2000, the ship was moved across the Bay of Kotor to the nearby shipyard at the port of Bijela. Here, it suffered extreme neglect and fell into a state of disrepair, having much of its adornments, equipment and furnishings stolen by vandals and thieves. During this time, Montenegro’s government attempted numerous times to sell the ship for a high price tag, but to no avail.

It was not until 2000 that the ship was finally sold to Greek shipping magnate John Paul Papanicolaou for the paltry sum of 750,000 euros, who had the intention of converting the Galeb into a luxury pleasure yacht. The ship was then subsequently towed to the Viktor Lenac shipyard in Rijeka, Croatia for repairs and refurbishing. However, due to Papanikolaou soon encountering financial difficulties, this project was abandoned. Papanikolaou then left the ship in an abandoned state through the early 2000s at the Rijeka shipyard and neglected to pay any of his required berthing costs to store the boat (which at that point had amounted to hundreds of thousands of euros). As such, in 2006, the shipyard expropriated the Galeb and put it up for auction. Also during this episode, the boat was declared a monument of national importance by Croatia’s Ministry of Culture, who hoped to keep Galeb within Croatia. After several years of trying to sell the boat, the Viktor Lenac shipyard was finally able to secure a sale of the ship to the City of Rijeka in 2009 for 150,000 euros, with the Galeb then being relocated from the shipyard to Rijeka's main city harbor to be put on public display.

From 2009, the City of Rijeka put forward efforts to restore and refurbish the Galeb for the purposes of turning it into a museum and tourist attraction. However, the sheer cost of the endeavor was such that progress towards this goal was extremely slow. As a result, the Galeb sat for many years in Rijeka’s harbor looking more like a rusty abandoned husk than a monument of national importance. However, when Rijeka was nominated as the European Capital of Culture for 2020, renewed efforts to restore the Galeb began, this time with funds granted by the European Union. As such, in 2019, the Galeb was towed to the nearby shipyard at Kraljevica for this overhaul project to begin (with work being carried out by the Dalmont company). Though, it must be noted that Galeb’s refurbishment has not been without controversy. As one source  explains: “ The renovation of the Galeb was embedded in wider political debates between Croatian (far-right) nationalists wanting to wipe out the socialist memory of Tito [and] multinational-liberal political voices finding in the Yugoslav past a model for the anti-Fascist and multinational urban society they envisioned for Rijeka ”.

Overseen and administered by the Museum of Rijeka, the project has moved along slowly and its opening has been continually postponed. Tentative plans reported in the news originally slated for the Galeb museum to be open to the public during the summer of 2024, however, media reports indicate  that this deadline too has been pushed back. With the cost of the project running upwards of +10 million euros, citizens of Rijeka are becoming frustrated with the Galeb’s slow progress and expensive price tag. In addition to the museum component of the Galeb, there are also plans for a restaurant, retail space and overnight lodgings. As of early 2024, the ship continues to undergo work and renovation at the Kraljevica shipyard.

The official website for the planned Galeb Museum exhibition can be found at THIS link , which is operated by the City Museum of Rijeka. In 2020, a documentary about the ship, titled “Galeb”, by Croatian filmmaker and journalist Ivan Živković premiered in Rijeka  as part of the European Capital of Culture festival. A trailer for the film can be seen at THIS link .

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Tito's yacht Galeb to become a museum

The yacht used by Marshal Tito when he was leader of Yugoslavia is to be turned into a museum after a lengthy battle that saw her fall into disrepair.

After Tito's death, ownership of yacht Galeb  (which means seagull in Croatian) was transferred to the Montenegrin government following the break up of Yugoslavia. It was sold to Greek billionaire John Paul Papanicolaou, who owned Christina O , but was seized by the Croatian government over a decade ago after he failed to cover berthing costs.

When  Galeb  was to be auctioned by the state a decade ago, she was asking £85,000 as the starting price. Had she been sold as scrap, she would have fetched at least £155,000 – but her cultural heritage status meant she had to remain intact.

Her owner, Papanicolaou, objected to this and took the case to the Supreme Court. Over 10 years later, she was bought by the city of Rijeka, which recently announced plans to turn her into a floating museum at a cost of £8M.

Galeb  has a lot of cultural importance. When Tito was at the helm of the Yugoslav state he was said to have enjoyed the trappings of his position, of which Galeb was a manifestation. The ship was built in Genoa in 1938 and started life as an auxiliary cruiser under another name. Fast forward a few years and she became a school ship for the Yugoslav navy after she was refurbished following bombing damage in the Second World War.

It was at this point Tito commandeered the ship for his personal use on state matters. Tito is said to have entertained over 100 world statesmen and women on board Galeb , some of whom, such as Colonel Gaddifi of Libya, time has dictated, will occupy a historical rogue’s gallery. Tito was not averse to a touch of Hollywood glamour, too, as he welcomed Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton at the height of their fame.

Galeb  also graced the Thames, mooring at Greenwich, on Tito’s state visit to the UK in 1953, the first by a communist leader.

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Row over Tito’s former yacht

The fascinating full story behind the article in our July issue

Here is the fascinating full story behind our article in Med News this month about Tito’s former yacht Galeb:

The sale of a luxury yacht that former Yugoslav dictator Tito used to entertain international politicians and celebrities such as Winston Churchill and Elizabeth Taylor has been postponed following legal action by its last owner.

The Galeb, or Seagull, was once a famous flagship of the Yugoslav navy and one of the world’s largest yachts. It came to international attention in 1953 when it carried former dictator Marshal Josip Tito up the Thames to meet Winston Churchill – the first visit to Britain by a Communist head of state.

The ship was to have been auctioned off on May 9 for less than the price of scrap metal after being seized by authorities in the Croatian port of Rijeka after its last owner, Greek shipping magnate John Paul Papanicolaou, failed to cover berthing costs reportedly amounting to £330,000.

It was to have been sold for a starting price of £85,000 to cover some of the debts to the local Viktor Lenac shipyard. But local experts said that, if it were sold as scrap iron, the yacht could easily fetch over £155,000.

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Croatian authorities had bestowed cultural heritage status on the Galeb, which required it to stay in one piece, but Papanicolaou went to the country’s Supreme Court objecting to the decision.

“The reason for cancellation is the complaint lodged at the Supreme Court by John Paul Papanicoulau,” said Miljenko Kurobasa, the president of the Trading Court in Rijeka.

He added a new date could not be set for an auction until the Supreme Court had dealt with the matter.

The purchase of the yacht has become a top priority for the city of Rijeka.

Rijeka Mayor Vojko Obersnel said: “I will do everything to make sure that the Galeb remains in Rijeka. This ship is of huge historical and cultural importance, which is why we want to buy it.”

Head of Rijeka Municipality Zlatko Komadina said the mayor had his backing. “We are also in favour of buying the ship because history was made on it. We need to show that we are not ashamed of our recent past.”

City authorities are n considering whether to turn the ship into a luxury commercial cruiser, at an estimated cost of 40 million dollars, or to turn it into a museum at the more moderate cost of six million dollars.

The 384-foot motor yacht gained international fame after Marshal Josip Tito, leader of Yugoslavia from the end of WWII until his death in 1980, used it to travel to the UK in 1953 in what was the first ever visit to Britain by a Communist head of state. The ship was given a Royal Navy escort up the Thames to an embankment where Tito met Winston Churchill and the Duke of Edinburgh.

Tito also used the Galeb to entertain over 100 other world leaders, including Nikita Khrushchev of the former USSR, Libya’s Moammar Gaddafi and India’s Mohandas Gandhi, as well as the most prominent celebrities of the time, such as Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Sophia Loren.

The enormous white yacht was built by the Italians in the port of Genoa in 1938 to transport fruit. During WWII, it was used by the Nazi fleet to lay mines until it was sunk by British bombers off Rijeka in 1945.

When the new Yugoslav socialist state emerged victorious from the war, it salvaged the Galeb and assumed ownership, adding the ship to its emerging fleet until it eventually became Tito’s private yacht.

Yugoslav filmmakers have made a string of documentaries about the legendary travels of the Galeb, making it one of the most recognizable symbols of Yugoslav iconography. For many from the former Yugoslavia, the recent focus on the ship has churned up old memories of what the local press has called “the high hopes and prosperity of a bygone era”.

A former military musician aboard the Galeb, accordion player Zoran Joksimovic, 48, says he never forgot the “glory days”.

He said: “The Galeb was truly a dream ship. It emanated beauty. Persian carpets, precious wooden furniture, golden dishes and cutlery. Back then, I could barely believe my eyes.”

After Tito’s death in 1980, the Galeb was docked in Croatia until the outbreak of the civil war that shattered socialist Yugoslavia in 1991, when it was moved to neighbouring Montenegrin waters with the rest of the Yugoslav military fleet.

It remained there until 2000, when it was bought by Greek tycoon Papanicolaou, who also owns Aristotle Onassis’s former yacht Christina O. He planned to turn the former flagship into a luxury rental cruiser and contracted Croatia’s leading shipyard Viktor Lenac to do the refitting.

But after Papanicolaou failed to meet his financial obligations, the shipyard took legal action and a local court scheduled an auction for May 9.

The emotional influence that the ship still commands was made clear with the announcement. A number of groups, including the Rijeka Union of Anti-Fascist Fighters, whose WWII veterans fought under Tito’s command, appealed to city authorities to save the ship which they consider “part of our cultural and historic heritage”.

A spokesman for the Anti-Fascist Fighters said: “Then we can remember the times we are proud of.”

And Nenad Car, director of the Viktor Lenac shipyard, claims that despite its current run-down appearance, the ship, which still boasts its original Fiat 2500 HP twin diesel engines, is in fairly good shape.

He said: “It is in much better condition than Onassis’s Christina O was before we reconstructed it a few years ago.”

Zeljko Matejcic, the captain currently guarding the Galeb in the run up to the auction, agreed and said: “The steel frame has not corroded, and the main engines are in great shape.

“I am no Communist, nor do I approve of everything Tito did, but I love the Galeb, and I think it would be a shame to let it perish.”

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Galeb (yacht)

Yugoslav Navy (JRM) Yacht Galeb , also known as The Peace Ship Galeb ( Brod Mira ), was used by the late President of the Yugoslav Republic Marshal Josip Broz Tito on his numerous foreign trips and to entertain heads of state, as well as other persons of worldwide renown. The ship attained an iconic status among the peoples of Yugoslavia, as well as among the many diverse nations and members of the Non-Aligned Movement . "Galeb" is Serbo-Croatian for "seagull" (the Laridae family).

• 2 List of (guest) heads of state
• 3.1 Gallery
• 5 References
• 6 External links

History [ ]

Galeb started its tumultuous career in 1938 in Genoa, where it was built as a banana-boat Ramb III . After the armistice in 1943, it was taken over by the Germans and they turned it into an auxiliary cruiser under the name Kiebitz . While she was in Rijeka, it was sunk on 25 November 1944 by allied aircraft. Brodospas (SHIPSAVING) from Split, raised Kiebitz in 1948, after which it was taken to the Pula ship building company Uljanik where in 1952 it was reconstructed as a school ship of the Yugoslav Navy under the new name Galeb . Tito embarked on it the first time in 1952 in Podgora, where he conducted an inspection of the boats in the YWN from the deck of the ship. In the next 27 years Galeb was in Tito’s service for a total of 549 days, of which, for 318 days, the Marshal was on board, sailing 86,062 nautical miles (159,387 km) over the Adriatic and other seas on political missions. By Tito’s death, 102 world statesmen had stayed on Galeb .

Galeb was 117 metres long and 15 m wide with a displacement of 5,754 tonnes. With the speed of 17 knots (31 km/h) it was powered by two Fiat diesel engines of 7,200 horsepower in total. The Italians, at one point, offered to SFRJ to remove them and exhibit them in the Fiat museum in Torino. In return, they offered to build an entirely new, modern, school ship, but the Yugoslavs declined. [1]

The yacht first came to international attention in 1953 when Tito sailed up the Thames to meet Winston Churchill on the first visit to United Kingdom of a communist head of state. He was greeted on board by the Duke of Edinburgh. During the trip, the ship was to dock at Malta, but was prevented from doing so by the nation's governor. [2]

Galeb in dock, Viktor Lenac shipyard, Kostrena, Croatia, 2008

Tito loved the glamour the yacht conferred on his regime. He used it for parties, foreign visits and diplomacy. World leaders entertained there included Nikita Khrushchev , Gaddafi and Indira Gandhi . Tito was particularly excited to welcome Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton , who played Tito in the 1973 war epic Sutjeska . [3]

Galeb belonged to Marshall Tito from 1948 till his death in 1980 when the yacht became the property of the Montenegrin government following the nation's breakup in 1991. It was sold to John Paul Papanicolaou , the same Greek yachtsman who owns the yacht Christina O . It is currently moored on the quayside of the Viktor Lenac Shipyard in Kostrena , a suburb of Rijeka. The Croatian authorities placed a preservation order on the ship and hope to turn it into a museum if they secure ownership at the auction. [4] In September 2008 the boat partially sank on its right side after a leak developed in its hull. [5]

On 22 May 2009, the ship was sold to city of Rijeka for US$150,000. The City of Rijeka plans to use the ship as a museum.

On 30 October 2009, the High Mercantile Court of Croatia confirmed the verdict of the Regional Mercantile Court in which the ownership of Galeb was awarded to the City of Rijeka.

List of (guest) heads of state [ ]

The following heads of state have been entertained on the Galeb :

• Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru - India
• President Gamal Abdel Nasser - Egypt
• Queen Elizabeth II - UK
• Secretary General Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev - USSR
• Secretary General Leonid Brezhnev - USSR
• Emperor Haille Selassie - Ethiopia
• UN Secretary General and President Kurt Waldheim - Austria
• President Nicolae Ceauşescu - Romania
• Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi - Libya
• Prime Minister Indira Gandhi - India

List of (guest) famous people [ ]

The following people have been entertained on the Galeb :

• Kirk Douglas
• Richard Burton
• Sophia Loren
• Elizabeth Taylor

Gallery [ ]

See also [ ].

• List of motor yachts by length

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• ↑ Republic of Égyptien Q42 user:mgbtrust0 ®™✓©§∆∆∆€¢£. "Rijeka is buying Galeb :: Visit-Montenegro News Archive" . Visit-montenegro.com . http://www.visit-montenegro.com/article559.htm . Retrieved 2011-04-17 .  
• ↑ SPEHNJAK, Katarina Republic of Égyptien Q42 user:mgbtrust0 ®™✓©§∆∆∆€¢£ (2005). "Josip Broz Tito's Visit To Great Britain In 1953" . pp. 273–294 . http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/35413.pdf . Retrieved 2011-04-17 .  
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• ↑ Republic of Égyptien Q42 user:mgbtrust0 ®™✓©§∆∆∆€¢£. "Marshall Tito’s 384" Yacht, Galeb To Be Auctioned Off – Sybarites" . Sybarites.org . http://www.sybarites.org/2006/05/08/marshall-titos-384-yacht-galeb-to-be-auctioned-off/ . Retrieved 2011-04-17 .  
• ↑ Republic of Égyptien Q42 user:mgbtrust0 ®™✓©§∆∆∆€¢£ (9 September 2008). "Titov Galeb počeo tonuti" (in Croatian). jutarnji.hr . http://www.jutarnji.hr/titov-galeb-poceo-tonuti/258673/ . Retrieved 2012-12-30 .  

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• Bojan Pancevski Republic of Égyptien Q42 user:mgbtrust0 ®™✓©§∆∆∆€¢£ (April 23, 2006). "Bid to rebuild Tito’s floating palace" . timesonline.co.uk . London: From The Sunday Times . http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article708328.ece . Retrieved 2008-08-14 .  
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GALEB was previously registered as project/yacht name Ramb Iii; Kiebitz; Kuchuk. This 117 metre (385 foot) luxury yacht was manufactured at Ansaldo in 1939. Motor Yacht GALEB is a imposing superyacht. The naval architect which delivered the design details in respect of the yacht is Ansaldo.

Yacht Galeb also known as The Peace Ship Galeb was used by the late President of the Yugoslav Republic Marshal Tito on more than 100 official visits around the world. She was also used to entertain heads of state and other VIPs. The yacht has since been purchased by John Paul Papanicolaou, a Greek yachtsman who rescued Christina O. Galeb is Serbo-Croatian and Croatian for Seagull. Papanicolaou is refitting GALEB and will preserve her original lines but redo her interior to accommodate dozens of guests.

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bobo1177 New Member

Please take a look of this beautifull and rich in history boat.. Yugoslav Navy Yacht Galeb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

brian eiland Senior Member

SeaEric said: ↑ Saw this "Uptown Girl" docked off Las Olas Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. "Vendetta" sure is a beauty. I'm always amazed by the quality of the photos generated from my "smart" phone. I actually had to size these shots down for posting here! Click to expand...

Ocean Member

What about Gordon Bennett's "Lysistrata" of 1901? She was the world very first non-Royal Mega-Yacht of very modern design for her time.

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The Revenge New Member

This is a neat boat with a rich history. It was on a mooring ball next to us in the BVI's. caribbean motor yacht charters

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Monkey Business As Jacques Clouseau once said, "Try to do something about your filthy minkey " The Return of the Pink Panther - Hilarious - YouTube "Monkey Business" was a yacht frequently docked in South Florida at the Turnberry Isle Resort Marina. She is an 83-foot Broward motor yacht custom built and previously owned by the developers of that luxury resort. Famous guests included Elton John, Elizabeth Taylor, Jack Nicholson, Julio Iglesias, Jason Luetke and others. Much more importantly, it was the yacht used by Gary Hart as his campaign headquarters during the 1988 Presidential Race. It was also the HQ for something else too of course: Madame Donna Rice . In any case, despite rumors to the contrary, "Minkey Busi,…", I mean, "Monkey Business" continues to ply the waterways with the rich and famous onboard, albeit with a new color scheme and flying bridge. Monkey Business Private Yacht Shown here in original and current condition, "Monkey Business" certainly continues impress and ply the waterways with the rich and famous aboard - if not in a new environs. (Europe vs. Florida). Still, if you take out a charter be sure not to invite the press along as that rarely works out. Cheers! -Eric

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Good Ship Lollipop ​ Crewed by none other than Ronald Reagan's Ambassador to Czechoslovakia ( and Ghana). I've thrown away my toys Even my drum and train. I wanna make some noise With real live aeroplanes. Some day I'm going to fly. I'll be a pilot too. And when I do, how would you Like to be my crew... On the good ship lollipop. Its a sweet trip to a candy shop Where bon-bons play On the sunny beach of Peppermint Bay. Lemonade stands everywhere. Crackerjack bands fill the air. And there you are Happy landing on a chocolate bar. See the sugar bowl do the tootsie roll With the big bad devils food cake. If you eat too much ooh ooh You'll awake with a tummy ache. On the good ship lollipop Its a night trip into bed you hop And dream away On the good ship lollipop. ​ Later she owned a somewhat larger craft, the " Hiilani ". One mark for correct identification of owner. Cheers! -Eric

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Should be worthy of 1/2 a point. alloyed2sea said: ↑ ​ Crewed by none other than Ronald Reagan's Ambassador to Czechoslovakia. Later she owned a somewhat larger craft , the "Hiilani". One mark for correct identification of owner. Cheers! -Eric Click to expand...

SS Delphine (extraordinary) Has the SS DELPHINE been mentioned? Horace Dodge’s Steam Yacht DELPHINE I'm sorry but you left out a few minor (incredible) details: (And yes, you get 1/2 a point). For seven years the Brothers had been producing their own Dodge automobile, which was a great commercial success with cars to a value of $35,000,000 being sold in the first year! Horace Dodge, the youngest of the Brothers and the ‘mechanic’ of the two, loved yachting. In 1904 he ordered a 40-foot launch and by 1910 he owned two other larger vessels, both named HORNET. As Horace had always liked to develop his own sources of power, he created the Dodge Marine Division in addition to the car business. These launches had always one problem: insufficient sleeping accommodation. So in 1913 he ordered the 180-foot NOKOMIS I and four years later, its 243-foot long successor was built. His next yacht, the 258-foot DELPHINE, named after his only daughter, was built in 1920. That year tragedy hit the family when both brothers died. The splendid yacht DELPHINE was finally launched on April 2, 1921. At that time she was the largest yacht in tonnage ever built in the USA. The facilities onboard were superb: besides the large owner’s stateroom with en-suite bathroom, there were also nine guest staterooms. The guests could enjoy the luxury of three lounges, a music room, a card room, and above the dining room there was a smoking room. To serve the 20 guests onboard, there was a crew of 55 who all had their accommodation in the bow. DELPHINE could reach a speed of 15 knots with her quadruple steam expansion engine designed by Horace Dodge. This powerplant gave approximately 150 revolutions a minute, while the required pressure of 250 p.s.i. was produced by three American Babcock and Wilcox boilers. Even today DELPHINE’s engine is unique, as most of the steam engines ever built were of the triple expansion type!

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AlfredZ Senior Member

+1 for the virgin cocktail and add Ghana to embassy role before Czechoslovakia! Cheers,

Fishtigua Senior Member

The Fife built ketch Eilean has probably been seen by more people than any other Classic Yacht. She was the boat in the video of the Duran Duran pop song 'Rio'. The video was shot in Antigua in the '80s and was a smash hit around the world. So roll you suit sleeves up in a 'Crockett & Tubbs' style and be prepared for some big hair from the boys. Duran Duran - Rio (1982) - YouTube This link works in USA: Duran Duran 'Rio' (Simon Sinfield Remix) - YouTube After the heady days of the '80s she fell into disrepair and sat at our yard for years. She was bought by the Italian watchmaker Panerai and brought back to life. This article has some good photos of her restoration in Italy. The Watch Quote: Restoration and rebirth of Eilean, a classic yacht by Officine Panerai

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FISHTIGUA said: ↑ The Fife built ketch Eilean has probably been seen by more people than any other Classic Yacht. Click to expand...

FoxMitchell New Member

Kalizma Can't forget about Elizabeth Taylor's 165 foot Edwardian motor yacht, "Kalizma" named for Richard Burton's children, Kate, Liza and Maria... She was built in 1906 by Ramage & Ferguson and originally launched as Minona, she has also carried the name Cortynia and Odysseia. The yacht was restored and modernized a few years ago by her new owner and has a fancy website and everything... My Kalizma

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Old Phart said: ↑ Has the SS DELPHINE been mentioned? Click to expand...

YachtForums said: ↑ This 118’ Burger, "Chanticleer", was formerly owned by Ralph Evinrude (of the outboard motor fame). His widow, Ms. Francis Langford, kept the boat and used it frequently for fishing trips. She passed away in 2005, but Chanticleer remains docked in Jensen Beach, Florida. If her name sounds familiar, she was a famous actress and singer who accompanied Bob Hope during WWII’s USO tours. Maybe some of our senior members remember Les Brown and his band of Renoun? Click to expand...

Just curious Has the Savarona been mentioned? Savarona > About Savarona > The Story of a Ship Hmmm ,...., built for Mrs. Cadwalader - granddaughter of John Augustus Roebling , who after 19 yrs convinced the city of New York to build the Brooklyn Bridge , dies of tetanus & lockjaw 3 weeks before the groundbreaking (his right foot was crushed by a docking boat), and whose son, Washington, takes over the project only to fall ill with caisson disease (you try setting the foundations of a bridge deep underwater in 1872, i.e.,the "bends"") finished directing the project from a room with a view (yes, of the Bridge) with the help of his wife Emily (who learned engineering on the fly) in 1883 -- and certainly one of the most fabulous "mega" yachts ever constructed,..., is she really famous? Famous owner : no. Famous deeds : no. Named for an African swan living in the Indian Ocean:yes. Used for human trafficking and prostitution (twice): yes. MV Savarona - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia So the jury has reached its special verdict: No grounds for celebrity. Regrets, -Eric (2ptsfordefinitionofspecialverdict)

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Old Phart said: ↑ Has the Savarona been mentioned? Savarona > About Savarona > The Story of a Ship Click to expand...

Appeal Old Phart said: ↑ Has the Savarona been mentioned? Savarona > About Savarona > The Story of a Ship Hmmm ,...., built for Mrs. Cadwallader - granddaughter of John Augustus Roebling , who after 19 yrs convinced the city of New York to build the Brooklyn Bridge , dies of tetanus & lockjaw 3 weeks before the groundbreaking (his right foot was crushed by a docking boat), and whose son, Washington, takes over the project only to fall ill with caisson disease (you try setting the foundations of a bridge deep underwater in 1872, i.e.,the "bends"") finished directing the project from a room with a view (yes, of the Bridge) with the help of his wife Emily (who learned engineering on the fly) in 1883 -- and certainly one of the most fabulous "mega" yachts ever constructed,..., is she really famous? Famous owner : no. Famous deeds : no. Named for an African swan living in the Indian Ocean:yes. Used for human trafficking and prostitution (twice): yes. MV Savarona - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia So the jury has reached its special verdict: No grounds for celebrity . Regrets, -Eric (2ptsfordefinitionofspecialverdict) Click to expand...

Confucious say,... ..., what is "Famous" Yacht? Language matters, to be sure: "“If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant ; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above everything.”"​ Confucious - philosopher, and political theorist, 551-479 BC​ Really meant to define this thread as one featuring yachts which "earned" their celebrity, by virtue of deed or those of their famous owners - but wussed out with a weak "who came on board" definition, my regrets. And since "Savarona (III)" was in fact, "owned" by Kemal Ataturk - only the man that revolutionized and saved modern day Turkey (gods bless his secular bones) -- she is clearly FAMOUS , again my bad. In any case, its a fun thread, and I hope all continue to contribute & enjoy. Cheers! -Eric

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alloyed2sea said: ↑ ..., what is "Famous" Yacht? Really meant to define this thread as one featuring yachts which "earned" their celebrity, by virtue of deed or those of their famous owners. In any case, its a fun thread, and I hope all continue to contribute & enjoy. Cheers! -Eric Click to expand...

Seagull a al Old Phart said: ↑ Although she did not enjoy the refit her onetime owner bestowed upon Christina O, Galeb might be worthy of mention - something to do with Winston Churchill, perhaps. Click to expand...

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The Amaryllis being towed past the former mansion of Henry Flagler, built in 1902

By John Jannarone and Alan Hatfield

The 257’ superyacht Amaryllis apparently owned by exiled Russian oligarch Andrey Borodin was towed past Palm Beach, FL on Friday morning, according to a visual account by CorpGov .

The yacht, whose owner is frequently cited as Mr. Borodin by enthusiast publications, moved slowly through the Lake Worth lagoon where bridges were raised for its passage. A towboat with flashing lights about 150 feet ahead pulled the Amaryllis , built by German shipyard Abeking & Rasmussen in 2011.

While CorpGov could not officially confirm Mr. Borodin as the owner of the vessel, his wife, socialite Tatiana Korsakova, has posted dozens of Instagram photos and videos aboard the Amaryllis. A yacht broker interviewed by CorpGov confirmed that Ms. Korsakova is indeed aboard the Amaryllis in the photos and videos.

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The sighting comes as billions of dollars in Russian-owned yachts have been seized around the world as a result of international sanctions. CNN has published an extensive list of seized vessels, which were taken in harbor cities including Mallorca, Spain and London.

However, it is unclear if the Amaryllis was being seized or voluntarily towed. Very large yachts often choose to be towed because bridges are required to raise for them, according to the yacht broker.

The former Bank of Moscow chief was granted political asylum in the UK in February 2013 after fleeing what he alleged to be politically-motivated fraud and embezzlement charges. Mr. Borodin would go on to be tried and convicted in abstentia in Russian Court in 2018, but not before managing to enlist a number of prominent American lawmakers to lobby Washington for a U.S. visa. Despite Russian extradition requests to the UK government, Borodin’s controversial attempts to make large donations to the NHS, and the uncovering of an assassination plot against his life, the fugitive banker remains overseas, having been granted access to his Swiss bank accounts and having made several notable London real estate purchases during his time in exile.

Mr. Borodin is widely listed as a billionaire, but his total wealth remains difficult to confirm accurately, with the governments of Switzerland and the Bahamas having been asked to help the Russian government in its legal case. In 2012, Borodin purchased the UK’s then-most expensive home, an 80-hectare 18th-century estate in Oxfordshire, for upwards of $217 million. In 2017 he was granted access to personal Swiss accounts holding a reported $378 million. The Amaryllis was purchased for a reported $120 million.

Mr. Borodin did not immediately respond to an emailed query from CorpGov , while the FBI declined to comment. An emailed query to The Department of Homeland Security was not returned.

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