World’s first luxury superyacht submarine would come with a $2 billion price tag

This is the Migaloo M5, the world’s first luxury super submarine with a $2 billion price tag.

Designed as a superyacht to use under the surface, M5 is 540 feet long and capable of submerging to 820 feet deep.

It has spas, home theaters, and even helipads.

But it’s probably also worth noting that this isn’t even a concept yet, more like a design study.

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This submarine is like a superyacht underwater

Migaloo M5 is designed like a superyacht you can use underwater, rather than on it.

Based on the render images provided by Migaloo, M5 looks like a spaceship with the interior of a 1920s-style vessel. Like Titanic, but with a modern twist.

The submarine is 540 feet long (164 meters), which would make it longer than most yachts on Earth, including Jeff Bezos’ Koru.

According to Migaloo, the M5 would be capable of submerging up to 820 feet deep, equivalent to around 250 meters.

The sub would come with spas, cinemas, helipads and of course smaller submersible pods to explore the oceans.

It would also be built to stay in the water for up to four weeks and thousands of miles.

And the proposed price tag is a cool $2 billion.

The problem with submarines

Several companies have been trying to turn submarines into commercial products for a while. But it seems, with exceptions, nobody can pull it off.

The exceptions in question being smaller, car-sized submersible vehicles such as the U-Boat Nemo that Supercar Blondie’s Sergi Galiano tested a while back.

On the opposite end of the scale, larger submarines are still almost exclusively used for military purposes for a long list of reasons.

Budget is the first that springs to mind.

For example, each Los Angeles-class submarine currently in service with the United States Navy costs around $2 billion to build, and requires extensive maintenance and crew training throughout its entire life-cycle.

There aren’t many individuals in the world who can afford this sort of thing, and those who can are probably not particularly interested.

Or maybe they are. But that’s beside the point, because the main reason submarines aren’t catching on as commercial vehicles is safety.

We’ve always known this, but recent disasters only served to reinforce that issue. Until it’s solved, deep-sea submersion may well remain a military-only endeavour.