Speed
- Cruising speednot published
- Top speed31 kn
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a002c0042_250228_p03b-rt — Princess Yachts
Summary
Motor MonohullInboard Diesel
- Length overall
- 52.6 ft
- Beam
- 13.4 ft
- Maximum speed
- 31 kn
- Displacement
- 39,200 lb
- Engine power
- 480 hp
- Cabins
- 2
* A standard reference image, not the actual boat — shown to help visualise this model's published dimensions.
Speed, Power & Tanks
What the builder publishes about how fast, how strong and how much the boat carries.
Power to weight
Total engine power per tonne of published displacement — more means livelier acceleration for the hull. Drawn for motor yachts.
54 hp/t
2 × 480 hp · 17.8 t
Tanks
Fuel and water on one scale: a tank twice the height holds twice as much.
- Fuel409 galWater91 gal
23 gal of water per berth
Dimensions
- LOA
- 52.6 ft (16.02 m)
- Hull length
- 50.4 ft (15.35 m)
- LWL
- —
- Beam
- 13.4 ft (4.08 m)
- Draft (min)
- 3.6 ft (1.09 m)
- Draft (max)
- 3.6 ft (1.11 m)
- Air draft
- —
- Displacement
- 39,200 lb (17,781 kg)
- Ballast
- —
- Cabins
- 2
- Heads
- —
- Berths
- 4
Performance
- Maximum speed
- 31 kn
- Cruising speed
- —
- Range
- —
- Guests
- —
- Crew
- —
Engine and Tanks
- Engine
- 480 hp (Volvo Penta)
- Engine count
- 2
- Engine manufacturer
- Volvo Penta
- Propulsion type
- —
- Fuel capacity
- 409 gal (1,550 L)
- Fresh water capacity
- 91 gal (345 L)
- Black water capacity
- 45 gal (170 L)
Construction
- Hull material
- —
- Deck material
- —
- Rudder type
- —
- Steering wheels
- —
Builder's Own Figures
- Draft
- Deck Saloon: 3 ft 7 in / 1.09m, Open: 3 ft 8 in / 1.11m
- Length (incl. pulpit)
- 52 ft 7 in / 16.02m
- Length (excl. pulpit)
- 50 ft 4 in / 15.35m
- Displacement approx.
- Deck Saloon: 18,234 kg / 40,199 lbs*, Open: 17,781 kg / 39,200 lbs*
- Maximum speed range
- 29 - 31 knots (varies with engine option)
- Engine options
- Twin Volvo IPS 650 (2 x 480mhp)
- Berths as printed
- 4
- Displacement basis
- calculated with 50% fuel and water with liferaft, no optional equipment (page footnote)
Figures read fromprincessyachts.com/our-yachts/v-class/v50/· Principle Dimensions
Layouts & Drawings
4 drawings from the builder's page: general arrangement, sail plan, profile.
V50 main deck — Princess Yachts
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About Princess Yachts
Premium production
British motor yacht builder founded in Plymouth in 1965, producing the V, S, F, Y, X and C classes from 40 to 95 feet.
In 1963 three friends -- Cliff Viney, a former merchant-navy engineer, and David King and Brian Phillips, serving Royal Navy officers -- set up Marine Projects (Plymouth) Ltd to fit out a Senior 31 hull in a rented shed in Newport Street; the Project 31 sold so quickly that they turned to boatbuilding, building their first boat in 1965 and over 150 Project 31s between 1966 and 1969. The Princess 32, the first yacht to bear the name, was unveiled at the 1970 London Boat Show, and when the 1973 oil crisis threatened sales the yard diversified into a thirty-year partnership with A.H. Moody and Sons that produced forty sailing models and more than 4,000 yachts. Bernard Olesinski was invited to design in 1980: his Princess 30DS sold over 500 and set the decade's design language, the Princess 45 of 1981 was then the UK's largest production motor yacht and earned the Queen's Award for Export in 1988, and the 286 Riviera of 1983 was the first sports yacht. The 1990 Princess 65, the first V Class, the first 20 Meter and Europe's first electronic-diesel yacht followed; Marine Projects became Princess Yachts International in 2001, the Princess 42 of 2003 set the benchmark for the modern entry flybridge, the 95 flagship arrived in 2007, and in 2010 Princess was the first major European yacht builder awarded ISO 14001. The company celebrated fifty years in 2015 and sixty in 2025, still on the Plymouth waterfront.
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