In 1955 Vickers Armstrongs Shipbuilders Ltd launched for Stavros Niarchos what was then the World's largest supertanker.
[1] The 30,708 GRT[2] ship was named SS Spyros Niarchos[1] after his new son.
[3] The marriage ended in divorce, with Guinness receiving a $39 million settlement in 1999.
[3] The couple has three children: In January 1999, Niarchos was a witness at the wedding of his best friend, Ernst August, Prince of Hanover.
He is the godfather of Crown Prince Pavlos' youngest son, Aristides-Stavros.