Saddam Hussein’s luxury yacht gets renewed life as a hotel

Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was notorious during his lifetime, and even to this day is remembered as a tyrant. Now, a yacht belonging to Hussein is looking to operate as a hotel. The $30 million yacht being dubbed as a super-yacht will also be used as a recreational facility for Iraqi maritime pilots.
The yacht named Bashrah Breeze, was built in 1981, and has a presidential suite, 17 guest rooms, a clinic, and also 18 cabins that were built to hold the crew. Bashrah Breeze is still in perfect condition. The presidential suite has a king sized bed, along with silk curtains surrounding it. It also has gold-trimmed bathroom and a barber’s chair inside. The yacht was being used to host researchers on study trips at the Basra University, until it was bought and turned into a hotel facility.

The luxury yacht was unfortunately never accessed by the dead leader due to war with Iran.

The yacht was given to King Fahd bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia in the 1980s, after which it eventually changed hands, until finally being bought by a company from the Cayman Islands. After trying to sell the yacht for quite some time, the company eventually got lucky; the result of which is this beautiful hotel.

The Basrah Breeze also had a sister ship named al-Mansur, which was also never accessed by Hussein. The ship sunk in the Shatt al-Arab waterway, after being hit by the US planes. But the Basrah Breeze definitely promises to show some good days in the years ahead.

The hotel is open to sailors for now.