Al Said is a luxury yacht

Yacht

A yacht is a recreational boat or ship. The term originated from the Dutch Jacht meaning "hunt". It was originally defined as a light fast sailing vessel used by the Dutch navy to pursue pirates and other transgressors around and into the shallow waters of the Low Countries...

 owned by the Sultan Qaboos of Oman

Oman

Oman , officially called the Sultanate of Oman , is an Arab state in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by the United Arab Emirates to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the west, and Yemen to the southwest. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the...

. The yacht was ordered to be made in 2006, by Lürssen

Lürssen

Lürssen is a German shipbuilding company based in Bremen-Vegesack.Lürssen designs and constructs yachts, naval ships and special vessels...

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The ship was code name

Code name

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d Project Sunflower during its construction. It is currently the world's third largest super-yacht.
Al Said was launched by the Lürssen shipyard in September 2007 and at the time of her launch she was the world's second largest yacht. The yacht was completed in the following months and delivered to her owners in 2008.