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Al-Hashemi-II

Largest dhow ever built

Field	Value
display_title	Al-Hashemi-II
section1	{{Infobox ship/image	image=Al-Hashemi-II (ship).jpg
image_caption	View of Al-Hashimi-II
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	Kuwait
flag
name	Al-Hashemi-II
owner	Husain Marafie
laid_down	10 February 1997
completed	2001
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
type	Baghlah
tonnage	est. 2500 t
length	83.75 m o/a
beam	18.5 m
depth		hold_depth=
propulsion	None

Al-Hashemi-II (Arabic: الهاشمي 2) is the largest dhow ever built, and is one of the largest wooden ships in the world today. She sits next to the Radisson Blu Hotel in Kuwait City, Kuwait. She contains a maritime museum known as Al-Hashemi-II Marine Museum.

Development and design

Al-Hashemi-II was commissioned by Husain Marafie. Planning began in 1985, and actual construction began in 1997. The ship cost more than $30 million to build.

Used for meetings and events and advertised as the "largest dhow ever built", she is one of the world's largest wooden ships. She has never been floated, although she was built utilising traditional caulking and other water-tightness construction methods. She is 83.75 m long, with a 18.5 m beam.

Guinness Record

She is entered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest wooden dhow ever built, appearing in the 2002 Guinness World Records under the caption "DHOW AMAZING!" and categorised as "Ships, largest Arabic dhow".{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YqsxAQAAIAAJ&q=%22DHOW+AMAZING%21%22

The certificate records the length as slightly shorter than the claimed length, at 80.4 m, and the width as slightly wider, at 18.7 m. Different metrics are used to record ship lengths, which may account for that variance.

References

"About & Origin". Al Hashemi-II Ltd.
"About & Origin". Al Hashemi-II Ltd.
"About & Origin". Al Hashemi-II Ltd.
(8 July 2001). "World's Largest Wooden Ship Unveiled in Kuwait". [[CNN]].
"Meetings & Events". [[Radisson Blu]].
(8 June 2015). "Top tourism attractions in Kuwait city". [[Times of Oman]].
"About & Origin". Al Hashemi-II Ltd.
"Guinness World Record". Al Hashemi-II Ltd.

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