Richard Branson's Underwater Plane

Posted By Guest on January 29, 2010

Billionaire Richard Branson unveils the Virgin Necker Nymph underwater "plane" to take passengers to depths of 130'
Richard Branson's Underwater Plane

Space was apparently not the final frontier for Virgin CEO Richard Branson. The serial entrepreneur has officially unveiled his latest project, the Virgin Necker Nymph underwater plane that carries three passengers to ocean depths of 130 feet.

Branson hopes to develop a craft that can sink to depths of 35,000 feet. The Virgin Necker Nymph will be available for rent for $25,000 a week, but must be rented in concert with Virgin’s Necker Belle luxury catamaran on Necker Island for another $88,000.

Richard Branson's Necker Island in the Caribbean
Branson's Necker Island in the Caribbean

The $664,000 Necker Nymph prototype was designed and built by renowned engineer, Graham Hawkes, of Hawkes Ocean Technologies.