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Largest in this registry
#48,136
of 84,014 with a recorded tonnage
Largest yacht
#45
of 280 of this type with a recorded tonnage
Largest in its fleet
#1
of 1 in this fleet with a recorded tonnage
In brief
MY Vava II is the 97-metre superyacht commissioned by Swiss entrepreneur Ernesto Bertarelli in 2007. Built by Devonport Yachts at Plymouth, England, the hull was built by sister shipyard Appledore Shipbuilders, both being owned by Babcock Marine. She was launched on 2 December 2009 and then taken to Devonport for the accommodation section to be lifted onto the ship. She was fully completed in February 2012. When constructed she was claimed to be the largest British-built superyacht and was the last yacht built by Devonport Yachts following its acquisition by Pendennis Shipyard. The yacht's designers were Hampshire-based firm Redman Whitely Dixon (exterior) and the French interior designer Remi Tessier.
Vava II has a length of 96.83 m (317 ft 8 in), breadth of 17.21 m (56 ft 6 in) and draught of 4.79 m (15 ft 9 in). The yacht is powered by four MTU engines, two of 12cyl (type 12V4000M71) of 2610 bhp each, and two of 16cyl (type 16V4000M71) of 3351 bhp each, totalling 11922 bhp. They are geared to twin propellers and produce a service speed of 18.5 knots.
The yacht, previously known as Project-55, was christened on 10 September 2011 and sailed on her maiden voyage in early 2012. Vava II's registered owner is Lighthouse Marine Ltd of St Helier, Jersey and she flies the Cayman Islands flag with port of registry George Town.
Vessel particulars
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In context
Every figure in this section is a count, a rank or a percentile over vessels actually held in this registry — not over the world fleet, which is larger. Nothing here is estimated.
At 3,933 gross tons, Vava II is the 48,136th largest of the 84,014 vessels in this registry that report a tonnage. The median across that set is 5,994 GT, so this hull is about 1.5 times smaller than the typical vessel on record here. The largest measures 499,167 GT.
Among the 311 yachts held here, it ranks 45th by tonnage — larger than 84% of that group. Their median tonnage is 1,352 GT, and the largest tenth begin at 5,565 GT. The flag most often flown by this group is Cayman Islands (101 ships). The yard that appears most often against it is Lürssen, with 27 hulls on record.
Cayman Islands is the country of registry for 559 vessels in this directory, of which Vava II is the 152nd largest by tonnage. The most common class under that flag is vessels this registry holds no type classification for (408 ships), and the median vessel measures 1,182 GT. Browse every ship flagged Cayman Islands.
Narrowing to both dimensions at once, this registry holds 101 yachts flying the Cayman Islands flag, of which 18 are larger by tonnage.
Vava II was built in 2012, making it 14 years old. It is one of 2,747 hulls in this registry delivered that year, a cohort whose median tonnage is 23,456 GT; within it this ship is the 2,016th largest. Across the whole of the 2010s the registry holds 20,111 vessels, median 23,456 GT. The median build year across the entire registry is 1995.
The registry attributes 1 vessels to Devonport Yachts and Appledore Shipbuilders, with a median tonnage of 3,933 GT, delivered between 2012 and 2012. See the rest of that yard’s output.
At 96.0 m overall, Vava II is 30.8 m longer than the 65.2 m median for yachts on record, with a beam of 17.2 m and a draft of 4.8 m.
IMO numbers are issued in broadly chronological blocks. Within 500 either side of 1010387 this registry holds 72 other vessels, whose median build year is 2010 and which range from 2007 to 2019. That places this hull’s registration in the same part of the series, consistent with its recorded build year of 2012.
Its IMO number, 1010387, carries its own check digit. The first six digits are weighted seven down to two and summed — 1×7 + 0×6 + 1×5 + 0×4 + 3×3 + 8×2 = 37 — and the last digit of that total, 7, must equal the seventh digit, 7. It does, so this number is well formed.
Nearest by tonnage among yachts
| Ship | Built | Gross tonnage |
|---|---|---|
| Bravo Eugenia | 2018 | 4,500 |
| I Dynasty | 2015 | 4,437 |
| Amadea | 2016 | 4,402 |
| Vava II (this ship) | 2012 | 3,933 |
| Mar | 2020 | 3,891 |
| Mayan Queen IV | 2008 | 3,879 |
| Carinthia VII |
Provenance
| 2002 |
| 3,643 |