World-Famous Megayacht Crashes Into Docked Superyacht Before Smashing Into Quay

Kingdom 5KR is one of the most secretive vessels in the world and has been so since it was delivered to presumed businessman and later accused arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi in 1980. Since then, it's been owned by none other than former U.S. President Donald Trump, became a James Bond movie star, was seized by a bank, and is now the property of a prince.

Since Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal bought it in 1991, Kingdom 5KR has been keeping a very low profile, spending entire months moored in France or Italy. It moved earlier this month (October), leaving Sanremo, Italy, to travel to Bizerte, in Tunisia, and was somehow involved in two separate crashes.

We covered the one in Tunisia in a previous story. It involved Kingdom 5KR somehow breaking through the breakwater in the marina and smashing into the quay, where it became embedded with its bow. Damage to both the vessel and the quay was significant, and port authorities launched an investigation to determine the causes of the accident.

Reports at the time claimed that the captain lost control of the vessel, which deviated off the track and couldn't stop until it was physically forced to, by the collision with the quay.

As it turns out, Kingdom 5KR was involved in a separate accident, which occurred as it was leaving its berth in Sanremo. This time, it collided with another docked superyacht, the 2022 Turquoise Yachts build Roe, which had the bad luck of being moored right next to the bigger Kingdom 5KR.

According to one report that you can find in the video below at the 3.09-minute mark, Kingdom was coming out of its berth on a mildly windy day. The captain had asked for assistance from a marina vessel to push the bow to assist the bow thruster. Whether because of a malfunction or the windy weather, the stern of the vessel "made heavy contact" with the port side of Roe.

There is no video or photo to confirm the collision, but there is AIS data. Footage included in the report shows how Kingdom 5KR scraped the side of the neighboring superyacht and continued to sway even after it had left its berth.

The 85.9-meter (282-foot) Kingdom 5KR is estimated at well over $100 million, not including the kind of priceless artworks and pieces of furniture onboard. That might sound like a petty figure if you take into account the reported price tags of today's megayachts, but this '80 legend boasts over 100 rooms and finishes like leather walls, gold trimming, and bars wrapped in solid silver.

Not that Roe is any less impressive, though at 73.6 meters (214.5 feet) in total length, it's shorter than Kingdom 5KR. Believed to be owned by a Venezuelan billionaire, it's valued at $65 million and offers accommodation onboard for 14 guests and 17 crew members.