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A personal submarine is a submarine, usually privately funded and constructed, which is usually primarily intended for recreational use. [1] Some are also used for scientific [1] or military [2] purposes. Other uses include tourism, filming, water sporting, rescuing and spying.
DeepFlight Merlin is a personal submarine by Hawkes Ocean Technologies, part of the DeepFlight line of submersibles. The positively buoyant [ 1 ] submersible was designed by Graham Hawkes . [ 2 ] The Merlin was the first winged open-cockpit submarine (a wet sub ) available on the market, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and first three-man submarine in the "aero ...
The French-designed 1862 Alligator, first submarine of the U.S. Navy. During the American Civil War, the Union was the first to field a submarine. The French-designed Alligator was the first U.S. Navy sub and the first to feature compressed air (for air supply) and an air filtration system. It was the first submarine to carry a diver lock ...
Platypus was a 10-metre (33 ft) long iron-plate submarine. It was built in 1873 in Dunedin , and is thought to be the only submarine to have been built in New Zealand. [ 1 ] It is one of the earliest surviving examples of a submarine in the world. [ 2 ]
Alligator Jr. was the key to selling the U.S. Navy on the concept of using submarines," said Delgado, who today is a senior vice president at Search, a private maritime archaeology firm.
It was the world's first passenger submarine, built for Expo64, the 1964 Swiss national exhibition in Lausanne. [1] It was built at the Giovanola fabrication plant in Monthey and the first immersion took place in Le Bouveret on 27 February 1964. It has a total of 45 Plexiglas portholes, with 20 on each side for the 40 passengers.
The first submarine, with a price tag of T$49.36 billion ($1.53 billion), will use a combat system by Lockheed Martin Corp and carry U.S.-made Mark 48 heavyweight torpedoes. It will enter sea ...
Austrian company Migaloo has revealed plans for a 165.8-meter private submersible superyacht that can stay underwater for up to four weeks.