Image: CRN — official launch image
CRN launched 70m Project Thunderball on 4 June 2026; its present newbuild catalogue still displays hull 145. The listing is not evidence of a new launch or delivery today.
CRN's 70-metre Project Thunderball entered the water at its Ancona shipyard on 4 June 2026, and hull 145 remains identified in the builder's published newbuild portfolio. These are two separately documented facts: the summer launch and the vessel's continuing appearance in the current yard catalogue.
CRN's own release dates Thunderball's launch to 4 June 2026, following a private ceremony attended by her owners and family. Repeating the release at the end of September must not create the impression that the vessel has just touched the water.
The 70-metre superyacht was constructed with a steel hull and aluminium superstructure at the Ferretti Group Superyacht Yard in Ancona. A builder-supplied image documenting her launch accompanies this report, rather than an unrelated promotional rendering.
The current public newbuild page names CRN M/Y 145 Thunderball and identifies Vripack Yacht Design with the exterior and Nauta Design with the interior. The entry establishes the project identity and ongoing catalogue presence but does not itself supply a new owner-acceptance or handover date.
Older articles on construction described the approach taken by the owner's representatives and specialist suppliers during the build. Their participation should not be turned into an assertion about a new contractual milestone without a dated announcement.
CRN has documented a five-deck yacht of approximately 1,100 GT, designed for twelve guests with a professional crew. The studio combination brings a distinctive exterior and an interior developed to suit the specific owner's brief rather than a production-yacht template.
The yard's detailed description includes an onboard energy storage system intended for peak shaving and quiet operation at anchor. The performance and emissions of the completed ship require measured operating data, not assumptions based solely on the technology description.
The existing official launch announcement is not an owner-delivery notice, and presence on the newbuild page does not prove an outstanding or completed transaction. The next milestone should be reported once the builder documents trials, acceptance or delivery in its own terms.
This article restores the distinction between the documented June launch and today's published project listing. The accompanying image is an official image of the actual Thunderball, and the two cited sources are both CRN records.
Official references: www.crn-yacht.com; www.crn-yacht.com. This account distinguishes a published source record from a fresh launch, new sale or delivered handover.
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