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Explore source-backed superyacht ownership, commissioning and reported association records, with historical periods, evidence confidence and provenance shown separately.

Relationship does not automatically mean legal or beneficial ownership. Registered ownership, beneficial ownership, commissioning ownership, reported associations, family or state connections and corporate structures are different concepts. Superyacht Guide does not infer hidden ownership chains where the underlying relationship has not been sourced.
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Ownership & association records

3 yachts · 4 records

Yacht

Azzam

Lürssen · 180.60 m
2 ownership records
Multiple recorded ownership relationships
The yacht has more than one historical or reported ownership relationship. Records are shown separately rather than merged into an inferred ownership chain.
Reported owner

Publicly associated with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan / Abu Dhabi ruling family

Royal/state
Period
2022–open-ended
Confidence
Low confidence

Open-ended recorded period. A blank end year does not independently prove current legal or beneficial ownership.

Current ownership is not officially confirmed in the yacht profile. Public sources have associated the yacht after 2022 with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan or the Abu Dhabi ruling family. Treat as reported association, not definitive beneficial ownership.

Commissioning owner

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Royal/state
Period
2013–2022
Confidence
Medium confidence

Historical recorded relationship.

Public reporting commonly identifies Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the commissioning/original owner of Azzam. He died in May 2022.

The lines shown here represent separate sourced relationships to the yacht. They do not imply that one person, company, trust or state controls another unless a specific sourced relationship is recorded.

Yacht

Blue

Lürssen · 160.60 m
1 ownership record
Single recorded ownership relationship
This represents the source-backed ownership or association record currently held by Superyacht Guide.
Reported owner

Publicly associated with Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Royal/state
Period
2022–open-ended
Confidence
Low confidence

Open-ended recorded period. A blank end year does not independently prove current legal or beneficial ownership.

Public sources associate Blue with Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, but current beneficial ownership should be treated cautiously unless confirmed by primary sources.

The lines shown here represent separate sourced relationships to the yacht. They do not imply that one person, company, trust or state controls another unless a specific sourced relationship is recorded.

Yacht

Dilbar

Lürssen · 156.00 m
1 ownership record
Single recorded ownership relationship
This represents the source-backed ownership or association record currently held by Superyacht Guide.
Reported owner

Trust/company structure linked by authorities to Gulbakhor Ismailova / Alisher Usmanov family

Trust/company / sanctions-related reporting
Period
2016–open-ended
Confidence
Medium confidence

Open-ended recorded period. A blank end year does not independently prove current legal or beneficial ownership.

German authorities reported that ownership was established through investigations into offshore structures. The yacht has been subject to sanctions-related immobilisation. Treat ownership wording cautiously.

The lines shown here represent separate sourced relationships to the yacht. They do not imply that one person, company, trust or state controls another unless a specific sourced relationship is recorded.
How to read this explorer: “Reported owner”, “commissioning owner”, “state / royal association” and other relationship labels describe different kinds of evidence. They should not automatically be interpreted as registered legal ownership or ultimate beneficial ownership. Ownership structures can involve companies, trusts, nominees, family structures and jurisdictions that are not fully visible in public records.

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