JAW-DROPPING plans for an enormous £6.8 billion superyacht the size of a small city have been launched.
Called the Pangeos, if built the terayacht would become the largest floating structure ever built.
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The turtle-shaped vessel would be 550 metres long (1,800ft) and 610 metres (2,000ft) at its widest point.
At its peak, it could host 60,000 guests, making it effectively a floating city.
It would include hotels, shopping centres, parks, as well as ship and aircraft ports, according to Italian designers Lazzarini.
They hope the ambitious scheme will become a reality following an NFT-related crowdfunding project.
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Undertaking such a monumental task would reportedly take eight years to build.
The designers suggest a giant shipyard would have to be created especially for the project.
"A Terayacht needs a Terashipyard," the designers said. "The conception of a similar-sized vessel, involves the realisation of a specific shipyard/dam infrastructure that floods to levitate the terayacht when it will be launched.
"The imagined Terashipyard infrastructure is 650 metres wide and 600 metres long, providing direct access to the sea."
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With 30 metres of draft, the ship's enormous hull is made up of nine different bows and subdivided into several blocks.
It would be powered by nine high-temperature superconductor (HTS) engines, each fully electric motor capable of a mind-blowing 16,800hp and powered by various onboard energy sources.
The designers also claim it would be able to use "wings" to cruise without using up energy, making the super-structure environmentally friendly.
If realised, the turtle-shaped vessel will become the world's largest floating structure ever built
Italian designers Lazzarini
"Pushed from a jet drive transmission, the tera-structure will be able to cruise at a speed of five knots," Lazzarini said.
"While sailing, the large wings will gain energy from the breaking of the waves and Pangeos will cruise perpetually without emissions around the planet Earth's seas.
"Further, the rooftop area is lined with solar panels, which provide part of the necessary clean energy to power the terayacht."
Lazzarini says it is launching a crowdfunding initiative to sell virtual spaces on the watercraft.
Guests will be able to stay in a range of accommodations, from apartments and houses to "super villas" and royal palaces.
"The virtual spaces of the watercraft can also be purchased under an NFT collection, and users will be able to collect certain content and access the virtual properties with their credentials," Lazzarini said.
Similar credentials will also be used as a property deposit in case of real construction.
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"The terayacht proposal takes its name from Pangea, the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras," Lazzarini adds.
"If realised, the turtle-shaped vessel will become the world's largest floating structure ever built."
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