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Atlantis was built by Halter Marine Inc., Gulfport, Mississippi. [3] She was laid down in August 1994 and launched in February 1996. [4] She was delivered to the U.S. Navy on 25 February 1998, as RV Atlantis (AGOR-25) a Thomas G. Thompson -class oceanographic research ship. Atlantis completed a year long midlife maintenance and refit at Dakota ...
Sonar mapping of the Challenger Deep by the DSSV Pressure Drop employing a Kongsberg SIMRAD EM124 multibeam echosounder system (26 April – 4 May 2019). The Challenger Deep is a relatively small slot-shaped depression in the bottom of a considerably larger crescent-shaped oceanic trench, which itself is an unusually deep feature in the ocean floor.
Juli 2014. 17. November 2014 [1] The RV Sonne (German for Sun) is a German federal deep ocean research vessel. The ship became available for science in December 2014 [17] and it operates mainly in the Pacific and the Indian Oceans. [16] She is registered in Wilhelmshaven and replaced its predecessor of the same name.
A cargo vessel used for trade between Eastern India and Indochina. Brig. A two-masted, square-rigged vessel. Brigantine. A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the main. Caravel. (Portuguese) A much smaller, two, sometimes three-masted ship. Carrack.
A World War I Royal Navy warship was discovered in “remarkable” condition at the bottom of the North Sea—nearly 110 years later after it was sunk. The Edgar -class protected cruiser, the HMS ...
The Ocean Photographer of the Year awards announced the winners of its 2024 contest featuring stunning images of underwater wildlife. 12 award-winning underwater photos give rare glimpses beneath ...
Bilge: the underwater part of a ship between the flat of the bottom and the vertical topsides [13] Bottom: the lowest part of the ship's hull. Bow: front of a ship (opposite of "stern") [1] Centerline or centreline: an imaginary, central line drawn from the bow to the stern. [1] Fore or forward: at or toward the front of a ship or further ahead ...
Trieste is a Swiss-designed, Italian-built deep-diving research bathyscaphe. In 1960, it became the first crewed vessel to reach the bottom of Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, the deepest point in Earth's seabed. [2] The mission was the final goal for Project Nekton, a series of dives conducted by the United States Navy in the Pacific ...