Accidents – Research Vessel PETREL – 22.03.2023
On Wednesday 22nd March, 2023 thirty-three people have been injured after the research vessel PETREL , that was previously owned by the co-founder of Microsoft Paul Allen (who died in 2018), dislodged from her dock blocks inside a dry dock, with the 3,000-ton ship leaning at a 45-degree angle toppled over in a dry dock […]
MBL News – Paul Allen research ship PETREL at Malta – 20.03.2017
On Monday 20th March 2017 around 0814 hrs the 76.45 metre research vessel PETREL owned by the estate of the Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen entered Valletta, Malta. The ship is named after the sea bird petrel. In 2016, Allen purchased the offshore vessel formerly named SEVEN PETREL from Subsea 7, a subsea engineering, construction and services company. In 2017, the ship […]
Yachting – 126 metre OCTOPUS for sale – Sept 2019
During September 2019 the 126.2 metre Lürssen built superyacht OCTOPUS has been listed for sale. Commissioned by Microsoft co founder Paul Allen who died last year OCTOPUS is one of the largest superyachts in the world. Built in steel by German yard Lürssen and delivered in 2003, she remains one of the most impressive explorer yachts to […]
Yachting – 92m yacht TATOOSH
TATOOSH is a 303-foot (92 m) private yacht owned by the late Paul G. Allen , who also owned the 416-foot (127 m) OCTOPUS. She is now the world’s 56th largest superyacht. She was built at Nobiskrug, Germany for mobile phone magnate Craig McCaw. Her design and construction was done by Kusch Yachts and she was purchased […]
