You can now buy your own personal submarine

[Tiger in Spain 0]

The world's first personal submarines have been launched with a price tag of £65 000 (about R910 000).

Dutch designers claim the subs will make owners feel like they are "flying through the water".

The one-seater version is 2,7m long, and the 3,3 model seats two. Owners who really want to impress can get go-faster stripes and custom paint jobs.

The tiny C-Quester can dive to 50 metres and cruise beneath the waves at up to four knots using electric-propelled thrusters.

It can stay underwater for two-and-half hours straight or 36 hours in the event of an emergency.

The vessel's high-strength pressure hull allows the pilot to submerge in a totally dry cockpit and surface straight from the maximum depth without risk of decompression problems.

Makers U-Boat Worx, which took three years to perfect the subs, said: "Never before has it been possible for the public to explore the underwater world with a one-atmosphere submarine."

But budding Jacques Cousteaus will need to get an underwater pilot's license before they get behind the wheel.

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[Boonan 0]

Everyone should paint them yellow.

[vatz22au 142]

Everyone should paint them yellow.

[AUslug 1]

I used to love that song.

[AUloggerhead 2,356]

A great line from the beginning of the movie:

The Captain of the sub tells John Lennon soon after they board: "Don't pull that lever!"

Lennon: "Ah cahn't 'elp it -- ah'm a born Leverpuller."