![]() Drawing of the DCV1, based on imagery from the Deepsea Challenger website (not to scale)
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History | |
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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 |
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.[1][2][3][4] 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.[1][5]