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The Titan’s wreckage was seen for the first time in pictures after the Coast Guard announced on Thursday (23 June) that ROVs (remotely-operated vehicles) found its chambers in a sea of debris 1 ...
The Paltus-class submarine is a Russian special purpose mini-submarine [1] of project 1851.1. Two boats were completed - AS-21 and AS-35 as a follow-up of the single "X-Ray"-class boat AS-23 (Project 1851). They are both part of the 29th special submarine squadron at Olenya Guba.
The Kilo-class submarines are a group of diesel-electric attack submarines designed by the Rubin Design Bureau [1] [3] [4] in the Soviet Union in the 1970s and built originally for the Soviet Navy. The first version had the Soviet designation Project 877 Paltus ( Russian : Па́лтус , meaning " halibut "), NATO reporting name Kilo . [ 5 ]
The bodies of the five passengers aboard the Titanic sub that was lost in a “catastrophic implosion” near the wreck may never be recovered from the floor of the Atlantic, says the US Coast Guard.
UPDATED: The U.S. Coast Guard has located “likely human remains” from the Titan submersible, and will be transporting the evidence back to the United States, the Associated Press said Wednesday.
At 1:18 p.m. (15:48 UTC) on 22 June the U.S. Coast Guard's Northeast Sector announced that a debris field had been found near the wreck of the Titanic. [123] [124] [125] The debris, located by Pelagic Research Services' Odysseus 6k ROV five hours into its search, was later confirmed to be part of the submersible.
It was planned for her to be reactivated in 2002 to replace the Yankee 'Stretch'-class KS-411. KS-411 had been the mothership for the Paltus-class mini submarines, which are believed to be used for a combination of oceanographic research, search and rescue, and underwater intelligence-gathering. [2] Due to lack of funds this plan was postponed.
The innovative design of the Titan submersible may have led to its downfall, experts have said.. The elongated design of the sub combined with the repeated stress the hull faced over the years ...