After purchasing a convoy escort in 1954, shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis spent over $4 million transforming the vessel into a luxury yacht he called the Christina. The Christina in 1968.

Jackie and Aristotle Onassis's iconic yacht, the "Christina O"—a favorite haunt of midcentury luminaries, including Winston Churchill, John Wayne, and Marilyn Monroe—can now be yours for a day.

Jackie and Aristotle Onassis helped set the tone for glamor in the late ’60s, and their yacht was a big part of the image. Now you can rent their former yacht from a charter company in Greece ...

Aristotle Onassis and Jacqueline enjoyed a life of luxury during their marriage, as they were pictured on board his mega yacht The Christina, named after his daughter, on March 18, 1969.

LONDON — The leading ladies of the late Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis are having quite the moment. The online sale will take place between Sept. 16 to 26 with a starting estimate of ...

Called the Christina (after his wife), Onassis’ floating palace is a 1,445-ton, 303-ft. Canadian destroyer escort (Stormont) rebuilt into a yacht at an estimated cost of $2,500,000.

When Onassis died in 1975, the vessel was willed to his daughter, but she gave it away to the Greek government, to be used as the presidential yacht. Christina O would spend the next years rotting ...

Today, the Christina O is available to rent—for about $800,000 a week—to global businesspeople, stars and royalty in tracksuits and sneakers, and their bikini-clad entourages.

Winston Churchill ashore from a cruise aboard Aristotle Onassis’s yacht Christina, with Yugoslav premier Marshall Tito, September 1960 Credit: Alamy. 13.

Jackie O's Valentino wedding dress to Aristotle Onassis. Aristotle Onassis, with his bride, Jacqueline Kennedy , by his side, ...

Winston Churchill ashore from a cruise aboard Aristotle Onassis’s yacht Christina, with Yugoslav premier Marshall Tito, September 1960 Credit: Alamy. 13.