Deepsea Challenger
Deepsea Challenger (DCV 1) is a 7.3-metre (24 ft) deep-diving submersible designed to reach the bottom of the Challenger Deep, the deepest-known point on Earth. On 26 March 2012, Canadian film director James Cameron piloted the craft to accomplish this goal in the second crewed dive reaching the Challenger Deep. Built in Sydney, Australia, by the research and design company Acheron Project Pty Ltd, Deepsea Challenger includes scientific sampling equipment and high-definition 3-D cameras; it reached the ocean's deepest point after two hours and 36 minutes of descent from the surface.
Drawing of the DCV1, based on imagery from the Deepsea Challenger website (not to scale) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Australia | |
| Name | Deepsea Challenger |
| Builder | Acheron Project Pty Ltd |
| Launched | 26 January 2012 |
| In service | 2012 |
| Status | On display in touring exhibition |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Bathyscaphe |
| Displacement | 11.8 tons |
| Length | 7.3 m (24 ft) |
| Installed power | Electric motor |
| Propulsion | 12 thrusters |
| Speed | 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) |
| Endurance | 56 hours |
| Test depth | 11,000 m (36,000 ft) |
| Complement | 1 |
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