Billionaire Bezos saw his unfinished vessel towed away from a Dutch shipyard before dawn on Tuesday amid public outcry. 3 Jeff Bezos towed his £400m superyacht in the middle of the nightCredit: YouTube 3 It comes after residents threatened to throw eggs at the ship if plans to demolish De Hef Bridge went aheadCredit: Reuters 3 It comes after Rotterdam residents threatened to pelt the luxury vessel with eggs if the city went ahead with plans to tear up a landmark bridge to make way for the ship. The huge three-masted Y721 was stuck and could not pass under the famous Koningshaven Bridge, locally known as De Hef, because the masts were too high. The historic landmark was rebuilt after being bombed by the Nazis during World War II and would have to temporarily lose its central section to accommodate the luxury yacht below. Oceanco last month announced it had rejected its request for Rotterdam city council to approve the temporary removal of the bridge. Bezos – the world’s second richest man – had previously offered to raise the cash for the job alongside the shipping company. Officials previously said De Hef would not be dismantled again after its renovation from 2014 to 2017. A video of the towing was uploaded to YouTube by Dutch yacht enthusiast Hanco Bol. Bol said, “We’ve never seen a vehicle go that fast.” According to Bol, it took less than three hours for the ship to travel southwest along the Noord Canal, even though it usually takes almost twice as long to traverse the route. Bol claims the yacht’s route was designed to avoid traveling through Rotterdam city center and under the Koningshaven bridge — even though it would have saved more time. Billionaire Bezos was forced to give up ownership of a second $400 million superyacht in 2019.