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Retired modern submersible Star III of Scripps Institution of Oceanography. A submersible is an underwater vehicle which needs to be transported and supported by a larger watercraft or platform. This distinguishes submersibles from submarines, which are self-supporting and capable of prolonged independent operation at sea. [1]
A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. (It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability.) [2] The term "submarine" is also sometimes used historically or informally to refer to remotely operated vehicles and robots, or to medium-sized or smaller vessels (such as the midget submarine and the wet sub).
SMX-25, a French design concept for a submarine that travels at high speed on the surface to arrive in theater. Before the advent of nuclear power, submarines were slower on the surface than surface ships and even slower underwater. [14] Therefore, efforts were made to increase submarine surface speeds to that of surface-only ships. Examples:
A wet sub is a type of underwater vehicle, either a submarine or a submersible, that does not provide a dry environment for its occupants. It is also described as an underwater vehicle where occupants are exposed to ambient environment during operations. [1] The watercraft is classified as medium-sized or small vessel. [2]
A 16th-century Islamic painting depicting Alexander the Great being lowered in a glass submersible. The concept of underwater transport has roots deep in antiquity. There are images of men using hollow sticks to breathe underwater for hunting at the temples at Thebes, and the first known military use occurred during the siege of Syracuse (415–413 BC), where divers cleared obstructions ...
The New Submersible The new submersible will be known as the Triton 4000/2 Abyssal Explorer. The 4000 in the name refers to the depth it can reach, which is slightly more than where the Titanic ...
Educational videos of a submarine imploding have racked up millions of views on TikTok amid the search for the missing Titanic submersible in the Atlantic Ocean where ‘debris’ was uncovered ...
Alfred Scott McLaren is a retired U.S. Navy Captain who has spent nearly six years underwater in submarines. "I remember from my submarine days we get lots of strange noises down there," McLaren said.