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RV Calypso is a former British Royal Navy minesweeper converted into a research vessel for the oceanographic researcher Jacques Cousteau, equipped with a mobile laboratory for underwater field research. She was severely damaged in 1996 and was planned to undergo a complete refurbishment in 2009–2011 that has not been accomplished.
MarineTraffic is a maritime analytics provider, [1] which provides real-time information on the movements of ships and the current location of ships in harbors and ports. [2] A database of information on the vessels includes for example details of the location where they were built plus dimensions of the vessels, gross tonnage and International ...
Several vessels have been named Calypso for the figure from Greek mythology. 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]
AIS is intended to assist a vessel's watchstanding officers and allow maritime authorities to track and monitor vessel movements. AIS integrates a standardized VHF transceiver with a positioning system such as a Global Positioning System receiver, with other electronic navigation sensors, such as a gyrocompass or rate of turn indicator .
The U.S. Navy deployed warships and aircraft to track a Russian naval flotilla after the Russian vessels sailed just 26 nautical miles off of South Florida’s coast on Tuesday.
On 15 September 1943 she rescued 60 sailors from the torpedoed patrol vessel USS Plymouth despite heavy seas and sharks. [2] The Coast Guard subsequently decommissioned her on 18 July 1947. [5] In 1955, Calypso was acquired by Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises of Manhattan, New York and converted into a tour boat.
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