m/y ISSHAM AL BAHER,
quite a historical yacht, it was the original ATLANTIS
built for Stavros Niarchos at Hellenic Shipyards
in 1973 and designed by Cesar Pinnau, the designer
of the Christina O.
It is alleged that the
yacht was purchased from Stavros Niarchos by John
Latsis and given as a gift to Crown Prince Fahd
of Saudi Arabia. Niarchos had an almost exact copy
of the yacht built at Hellenic Shipyards in 1981
which became ATLANTIS II. A third yacht was commissioned
but Niarchos died before it was completed and the
hull still remains in Greece. ATLANTIS II is usually
at Port Hercule in Monaco and is still used by the
Niarchos family.