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Triton Submarines is an American company that designs and manufactures submersibles for research, filming, deep-ocean exploration, and the superyacht and high-end tourism sectors. Triton is a bespoke manufacturer and, as of August 2023, fewer than twenty-five submersibles have been delivered since the company's founding.
The sQuba, developed by Swiss company Rinspeed, is the world's first car that can be driven both on land and underwater. [1] [2] The original idea by Rinspeed founder and CEO Frank M. Rinderknecht was inspired by the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me.
[26] [27] This submarine design set the former world solo dive depth record in 1985 at 1000m. [28] Deep Rover I; Deep Rover II — Deep Rover II was used in the Michael Crichton film "Sphere". [29] Mantis (submersible), a one-man deep sea engineering sub designed by Hawkes, built by OSEL. [26] — Mantis was used in the James Bond film "For ...
Austrian company Migaloo has revealed plans for a 165.8-meter private submersible superyacht that can stay underwater for up to four weeks.
U-Boat Worx was the first submarine manufacturer who applied lithium-ion batteries in her submarines with classification by DNV GL. [ 2 ] Pressure-tolerant battery technology – U-Boat Worx developed a pressure-tolerant battery system with an increased capacity of 350% when compared to lead-acid batteries used in non-U-Boat Worx submersibles.
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 ...
Limiting Factor, known as Bakunawa since its sale in 2022, is a crewed deep-submergence vehicle (DSV) manufactured by Triton Submarines and owned and operated since 2022 by Gabe Newell's Inkfish ocean-exploration research organization. [3] It currently holds the records for the deepest crewed dives in all five oceans.