Jeff Bezos’ massive new $740m superyacht, complete with helipad and pool

Jeff Bezos’s $740 million superyacht can accommodate 18 guests and requires a crew of 40 sailors – it also costs a crazy amount to run a year.

Jeff Bezos’s $740 million superyacht can accommodate 18 guests and requires a crew of 40 sailors – it costs a crazy amount to run a year.

Amazon honcho Jeff Bezos’ $US500 million ($A740 million) superyacht Koru, codenamed Y721, is finally sea ready – spotted in the North Sea after leaving Rotterdam in mid-February, footage posted by the organisation Dutch Yachting shows.

The massive 127 metre vessel‘s test run came months after it was originally set to be delivered to the 59-year-old billionaire, the New York Post reports.

It requires an 76 metre support vessel that houses a helicopter landing pad for the Blue Origin founder.

Jeff Bezos and gal pal Lauren Sanchez. Picture: Instagram/laurenwsanchez

Mr Bezos’ mega boat created controversy last year after a report that Dutch officials would have to dismantle the historic Koningshaven Bridge because the 39 metre steel structure wouldn’t allow the vessel and its 69.7 metre masts pass through.

Following an uproar from residents, local leaders decided the plan was a bridge too far – and the boat was towed from its construction location to another shipyard in a nearby town without its masts, according to Jalopnik.

Koru (Y721) boasts three decks – including one with a swimming pool. Picture: Facebook/Dutch Yachting

A secondary support vessel featuring a helipad (not pictured) comes with the ship. Picture: Facebook/Dutch Yachting

The uproar likely played a big part in how and when it would float away.

Citizens of Rotterdam reportedly swore in February that, should Mr Bezos’s superyacht traverse the De Hef bridge, they would pelt it with eggs in protest.

And when it finally came time to move the vessel out of its Dutch shipbuilding yard, the decision was made to tow it away under cover of darkness, The Cut reported.

Koru costs about $US25 million ($A37 million) a year to run.

Jeff Bezos’ new vessel is estimated to have cost a half-billion dollars – with an estimated yearly running cost of $37 million. Picture: Dutch Yachting

The pleasure boat can accommodate 18 guests – and requires a crew of 40 sailors.

However, it is far from the world’s most expensive yacht.

That dubious honour is reserved for the $US4.8 billion ($A7 billion) History Supreme – a gold and platinum-plated vessel featuring a Tyrannosaurus rex bone wall made of meteoric stone. It was bought in 2011 by an anonymous Malaysian businessman, according to The Richest.

The yacht seen during construction in a ship yard in this screen grab taken from a video in Rotterdam, Netherlands, February 4, 2022. Picture: Dutch Yachting

Yet the half-billion price tag is a relative drop in the ocean for the Amazon founder, whose net worth was valued at $US181 billion ($A268 billion) by Forbes.

Koru will join a fleet of superyachts, helicopters, and planes already owned by the entrepreneur and his millionaire girlfriend, Lauren Sanchez.

The aluminium and steel schooner reportedly boasts three decks including one with a swimming pool.

The smaller 76 metre support vessel that will sit alongside the mammoth one will include a helicopter landing pad for Bezos or his celebrity guests.

This smaller yacht is also expected to be loaded with an array of toys including luxury cars, jet skis, speedboats, and perhaps even a personal submarine, the Daily Mail has reported.

This article originally appeared on the New York Post and was reproduced with permission