Constellation (motor yacht)

The 80 m superyacht Constellation was launched at the Oceanco yard in Alblasserdam. Monaco based The A Group designed the exterior of Constellation, with interior design by Fantini Design & The A Group. She has two sister ships, the 2001 built 80 m Stargate and the 2000 built 95 m Indian Empress.

Design
Her length is 80 m, beam is 12.98 m and she has a draught of 4.21 m. The hull is built out of steel while the superstructure is made out of aluminium with teak laid decks. The yacht is built to ABS classification society rules, issued by Qatar.

Engines
She is powered by twin 8160.0 hp MTU 20V 1163 TB73L diesel engines. With her 275800 L fuel tanks she has a maximum range of 5500 nmi at 12 kn.

Support vessel
Constellation has a 56 m support vessel named Al Shoua. She was built as the offshore service vessel Interceptor in 1980. Shadow Marine converted the vessel into a support vessel in 2008.

Fire
On the 11th of August 2019 the storage building where Constellation and two other yachts (52 m Maracunda & 36 m Al Adaid) were kept, caught fire. The building eventually collapsed and in the process severely damaging, the stored yachts. As off December 2020, only Al Adaid is back in service. It is unknown whether the other two will be repaired.