With a spherical completely transparent enclosure for two people the Triumph offers maximum visibility for dives of up to 3000 feet.
lots of yellow submarines
The original yellow submarine may have been aqualung inventor Jacques Cousteau’s. Since The Beatles song, all manner of weird and wonderful, quixotic submarines have to be bright yellow, from home made subs, floating human powered septic tanks and deep sea exploration vehicles. Vote for your faves.
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Jacques Cousteau, the inventor of the aqualung, founded a museum of Oceanography in Monte Carlo. Outside it is his yellow submarine, which is said to be the inspiration for the Beatles song.
Former Boeing Engineer Jack Wafford created the JetSub 2000. <p /><p />"The vehicle has a dry dive capability of 60+ft., speeds up to 8 knots surface (6 knots submerged ) and can stay submerged up to 8 hours. The yellow sub you see pictured has been in service for 20 years."
Owned by Ifremer, the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea. Commissioned in 1984, the submersible can be operated at depths of up to 3 3/4 miles. It is made of titanium alloy and houses three people.
Like the Seamagine Triumph, the Triton 650 floats high above the water, when not submerged, and doesn’t require expensive deployment equipment. It is designed to fit on and be launched from luxury private mega-yachts.
A three person sub from UK submarine systems builders, Subeo, which can dive to 300 feet.
This tiny, cute and extremely claustrophobic looking one person sub was home built from an old propane gas tank. Full details after the link.
This recreational sub is available form Caribbean submarines from $35,000. It houses one person to a depth of 140 feet.
Controlled from onboard a British naval vessell, this sub has a color camera on board. Once a mine is found this sub releases an explosive charge to detonate and destroy it.
The Mantaray sub is a modern form of diving bell, with minimal stresses and therefore can take an angular shape not practical with a pressurized hull.
The world's only funcitoning Four Wheel Drive Human Powered Amphibious Septic Tank
$38,000 will buy you this cartoon like recreational, 3 person, used sub from 2002. It features an Auto Depth Control System including Auto Hover and Auto Target. It comes with a trailer and a bunch of diving equipment.
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