She was laid down as a warship.
1943, Canadian Vickers. A hull built for the North Atlantic — steel, stubborn, and never meant to be beautiful. No one on that slipway could have guessed whose name she would carry, or whose century she would witness.
Then Aristotle Onassis bought a surplus hull — and made it legend.
He named her Christina, for his daughter, and turned a frigate into the yacht every other yacht has been measured against since. Not the largest of her time. Simply the one everyone wanted to be aboard.
The guest book reads like the twentieth century.
Statesmen and sopranos, film stars and presidents-to-be. Deals were struck here, arias hummed at the piano, and more history made at anchor than most nations manage ashore.
- Winston Churchill
- Maria Callas
- Greta Garbo
- John F. Kennedy
— among the guests received aboard during the Onassis years
Ninety-nine metres of her, and not one ordinary room.
Seventeen staterooms for thirty-four guests, a crew of forty, the famous aft-deck pool, and reception rooms that still host the kind of evenings she was rebuilt for. She works for her living — a proven charter name with enduring global appeal.
Rebuilt at the turn of the millennium — history, with new bones.
A three-year restoration completed in 2001: new hull steel, modern systems, full Passenger Vessel standards — the technical integrity of a modern rebuild wrapped around one of the most famous pedigrees in yachting.
Legends change hands quietly.
Serious parties only — the broker answers his own phone. Details believed correct and offered in good faith; history as recorded in her listing.
Popular Listings
A hand-picked selection for purchase and charter, chosen by Flackton Yachting.
