1965 – PISCES Submersibles – (Canadian)

PISCES Production DSV         Completed     Depth (ft)     Crew PISCES I      1965         1,200         2 PISCES II     1968         2,600         3 PISCES III    1969         3,600         3 PISCES IV     1971       6,500         3 PISCES …

1906 – Apparatus for Submarine Recovering Operations Patent – Becchi and Tarantini (Italian)

1906 – Apparatus for Submarine Recovering Operations Patent by Becchi and Tarantini. Publication number US872888 A Publication type Grant Publication date Dec 3, 1907 Filing date Nov 15, 1906 Inventors Angelo Becchi, Giovanni Battista Tarantini Original Assignee Angelo Becchi, Giovanni Battista Tarantini APPARATUS FOR SUBMARINE RECOVERING OPERATIONS. This invention has for its object to provide …

1898 – Diving Apparatus Patent – James E Holland (American)

1898 – Diving Apparatus Patent by James E Holland. Publication number US638335 A Publication type Grant Publication date Dec 5, 1899 Filing date Dec 20, 1898 Priority date Dec 20, 1898   Inventors James E Holland Original Assignee Anton Lutz, James E Holland My invention relates to diving apparatus, and has special reference to such …

1964 – Marine Mammals and Ordnance Recovery (American)

1964 onwards – Marine Mammals and Ordnance Recovery Ahab, a 5,500 pound killer whale, recovers a piece of inert ordnance using an acoustic pinger to guide him during the Deep Ops project. The whale is also equipped with a grabber device and a hydrazine system to allow the object to float easily to the surface. …

Early Fictional Underwater Robots and Underwater Manipulators

1907 – LE TRESOR DANS L'ABIME "LE TRESOR DANS L'ABIME" par Jean de LA HIRE –  Edition ORIGINALE datée de 1907 1907 – "Le Fulgur" « Le Fulgur » – « Le Fulgur » Publication en épisode dans la revue « Le Globe Trotter » du Jeudi 21 Mars 1907, N° 268 au Jeudi 15 …