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    Re-Launch of Iconic Vessel 'Calypso'

    The year-long plan to celebrate the centennial of world-famous explorer Jacques Cousteau's birth includes the re-launch of iconic vessel Calypso for marine education tour.

  • Sailing the Sea
    La Calypso, famous ship of Captain Cousteau, Calypso will be re-purposed as a touring educational exhibition.
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    The Cousteau Society
  • Calypso Resting
    Calypso in Concarneau (Britany France)-Calypso was commissioned as a British minesweeper in 1943 and served briefly as a post-war ferry.
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  • Raising the Ship
    Calypso was acquired in 1950 by Irish millionaire and former MP Thomas Loel Guinness, who leased it to Cousteau for a symbolic one franc per year.
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  • Denise, the Diving Saucer
    The SP-350 Denise, famous as the "Diving saucer," is a small submarine designed to hold two people, and is capable of exploring depths of up to 400 meters. It was invented by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and engineer Jean Mollard at the French Center for Undersea Research.
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  • Conshelf II
    10 meters deep, real underwater houses have been settled, on the reef of Shaab Rumi (Sudan, Red Sea).
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  • Click Click
    Captain Cousteau with an underwater camera.
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  • Alcyone_HD
    The Alcyone was created as an expedition ship to test the operation of a new kind of marine propulsion system, the turbosail. It has two of the unusual sails, which augment its diesel engines. Since the accidental sinking of the Calypso (ship), the Alcyone has been the Cousteau Society's expedition vessel.
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  • Published
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    Re-Launch of Iconic Vessel 'Calypso'

    The year-long plan to celebrate the centennial of world-famous explorer Jacques Cousteau's birth includes the re-launch of iconic vessel Calypso for marine education tour.

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  • Re-Launch of Iconic Vessel 'Calypso'
  • Sailing the Sea
  • Calypso Resting
  • Raising the Ship
  • Denise, the Diving Saucer
  • Conshelf II
  • Click Click
  • Alcyone_HD