Medium-depth submarine was launched on Geneva Lake in Apr 1964; boat comprises pressure vessel seating 40 persons, 40 round conical plexiglass windows, engine, propeller, ballast pumps, rudder nozzle, fore-and-aft depth rudders, ballast tanks, trim tanks, 5-ton safety ballast with electromagnetic release, 15-ton keel ballast, and conning tower; air regeneration system permits underwater stay up to 48 hr; boat is equipped with radio, TV equipment and underwater searchlights.
Mesoscaph of Jacques Piccard
Der Mesoscaph von Jacques Piccard
Schweizerische Bauzeitung ; 81 , n 47
1963
2 pages
Article (Journal)
German
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Altitude balloon piccard CH 113
Engineering Index Backfile | 1931
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