I have a book on my shelf about that rescue.Pisces III was a Canadian submersible. Involved in the 1973 rescue was CCGS John Cabot (a cable ship that was docked in Swansea at the time) from which the US Navy's rescue submersible (CURV) was launched. According to my brother (who was serving on Cabot at the time) it was quite the intricate operation.
Having trained to do this, I really liked this videoHaving done one wreck dive, I can’t claim to have any interest in doing one ever again.
I don’t see the appeal of this sort of thing at all.
Submersible rescue vehicle SHOULD be able to dock and open from the outside...should being the operative word. Otherwise they'll just have to find it, buckle onto it and haul it up.Apparently the submersible is bolted shut from the outside, so even if they surface, they can't exit without assistance.
Ok . Not a good situation is it?Apparently the submersible is bolted shut from the outside, so even if they surface, they can't exit without assistance.
All submarines are to have a universal emergency recovery hatch. That is all military submarines. Commercial subs? No idea.Submersible rescue vehicle SHOULD be able to dock and open from the outside...should being the operative word. Otherwise they'll just have to find it, buckle onto it and haul it up.
FWIW I think they went through hell already.All submarines are to have a universal emergency recovery hatch. That is all military submarines. Commercial subs? No idea.
These dudes are going through hell right now.
I seem to remember that from my SUBSAR involvement...they never actually covered whether that applied to these sorts of boats though.All submarines are to have a universal emergency recovery hatch. That is all military submarines. Commercial subs? No idea.
These dudes are going through hell right now.
All submarines are to have a universal emergency recovery hatch. That is all military submarines. Commercial subs? No idea.
These dudes are going through hell right now.
Mercifully quick would be my preferred choice vs slowly freezing to death of hypoxia.I wonder if it was a catastrophic failure.
At least that is OS admitted by any Navy…This submersible goes vastly deeper than any military combat sub.
FIFYThe pressures it was supposed to withstand are absolutely enormous.
Ditto.You couldn’t pay be enough to do down in one of those.
ugh - neither of those materials are what I’d personally like to use for that sort of pressure.find a carbon-fiber tube with some titanium end caps amidst that same debris field.
JFC, that’s even worse than I had imagined.
Oh watch the video. It’s goes over the construction.Carbon fibre is likely for the outside shell and the the pressure tubes are metal.