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Calypso was the main ship in all three feature documentary films that Cousteau directed in his career: The Silent World (1956, awarded with the Academy Award for Documentary Feature and the 1956 Palme d'Or), World Without Sun (1964, which also won the Academy Award for Documentary Feature) and Voyage to the Edge of the World (1976).
According to the Cousteau Society, "when compared to the thrust coefficient of the best sails ever built (Marconi or square types, i.e. ships of the American Cup [sic] or the Japanese wind propulsion system) that of the turbosail is 3.5 to 4 times superior and gives the system a unique advantage for the economical propulsion of ships."
"Calypso" became a hit on its own and was later considered the new A-side, reaching No. 2 on the charts. Jaques-Yves Cousteau with Ramón Bravo in 1976 In 1976, Cousteau located the wreck of HMHS Britannic , which had sunk on the 21st November 1916 after striking a mine in the Kea Channel , the 3rd and final of the three Olympic -class liners ...
HMS Calypso was a corvette (designated as a third-class cruiser from 1887 [2]) of the Royal Navy and the lead ship of her namesake class.Built for distant cruising in the heyday of the British Empire, the vessel served as a warship and training vessel until 1922, when she was sold.
Calypso was a snow of 47 tons , built in Dublin in 1792. [1] On 21 June 1796 she sailed, probably from Liverpool, as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. [2] "Renau's squadron" captured her on the Windward Coast of Africa; her master ransomed her. [3] She then completed her voyage, arriving at Barbados on 1 June 1797 with 79 ...
HMS Calliope was a Calypso-class corvette (later classified as a third-class cruiser) of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom which served from 1887 until 1951. Exemplifying the transitional nature of the late Victorian navy, Calliope was a sailing corvette—the last such ship built for the Royal Navy—but supplemented the full sail rig with a powerful engine.
The Calypso was a cruise liner owned by Louis Cruises, and was under charter to Thomson Cruises, part of TUI Travel at one time. Earlier names of the ship were Canguro Verde, Durr, Ionian Harmony, Sun Fiesta, Regent Jewel, and Calypso In April 2013, it was beached in Alang, India, for scrapping.
HMS Calypso (D61) was a C class cruiser of the Caledon sub-class of the Royal Navy, launched in 1917 and sunk in 1940 by the Italian submarine Alpino Bagnolini. Calypso was built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company.