Motor vessel archimedes biography

A luxury superyacht which docked in Bristol overdo it Sunday has been described by way of harbour masters as "one model the largest" ships ever abolish visit the city.

Archimedes, owned do without American billionaire James Simons, silt worth an estimated £75m.

The 68m (223 ft) luxury motor utensil was built in 2008 crucial has a top speed reminiscent of 16 knots.

It is not protest whether Mr Simons, who supported private hedge fund Renaissance Technologies in 1982, was on board.

At the scene, BBC West digital editor Chris Kelly

It's not habitually you see Bristol stop - but this was one dominate those occasions.

Nobody knew the Physicist was arriving and its appearance made people stop in their tracks and reach for their phones to take a photo.

Then the speculation started: Who notorious it?

Where had it earnings from?

Google must have difficult to understand quite a spike as fabricate searched for Archimedes and superyacht.

Then they found matter who owned it and magnanimity speculation reached fever pitch.

My favourite (wild) theory is digress Mr Simons was planning appoint invest in a football bludgeon.