History of the research vessel Calypso. Jacques-Yves Cousteau. скачать в хорошем качестве

History of the research vessel Calypso. Jacques-Yves Cousteau.

#ShipWreck #JacquesCousteau #Calypso History of the research vessel Calypso. The Calypso is a former British Royal Navy minesweeper converted into a research vessel for oceanographic explorer Jacques Cousteau, equipped with a mobile laboratory for underwater field research. It was severely damaged in 1996 and was scheduled to undergo a major overhaul from 2009 to 2011. The ship is named after the Greek mythological character. The British minesweeper Calypso served in World War II (1941 to 1947). Calypso was originally a minesweeper built by the Ballard Marine Railway Company of Seattle, Washington, USA, for the US Navy, on loan to the British Royal Navy under Lend-Lease. The wooden-hulled Calypso is constructed of Oregon pine. Calypso was originally a British Mark 1-class minesweeper, laid down on 12 August 1941 as BYMS-26 and launched on 21 March 1942. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy in February 1943 and assigned to active service in the Mediterranean, based in Malta, where she was reclassified in 1944. Following the end of World War II, she was decommissioned in July 1946 and deposited in Malta. On 1 August 1947, she was formally transferred to the United States Navy and subsequently stricken from the United States Naval Register, remaining in storage. In May 1949, she was purchased by Joseph Hasan of Malta, who contracted for mail services on the ferry route between Marfa, northern Malta, and Mgarr, Gozo, in 1947. It was converted into a ferry and renamed Calypso, after the nymph Calypso, whose island of Ogygia was mythically associated with Gozo, entering service in March 1950. Just four months into the voyage, Gasan received a tempting offer and sold it. British millionaire and former Member of Parliament (MP) Thomas Loel Guinness purchased Calypso in July 1950. He leased it to Jacques Cousteau for a symbolic franc per year. He made two conditions: Cousteau would never ask him for money and never reveal his identity, which became known only after Cousteau's death. Jacques Cousteau restructured and converted the ship into an expedition vessel and support base for diving, filming, and oceanographic research. One of the most unusual expeditions involving this vessel was the exploration of Abu Dhabi waters, conducted by Cousteau on behalf of British Petroleum. In 1954, it was used for the first and last time for oil exploration. The Calypso carried modern equipment, including one- and two-person mini-submarines designed by Jacques Cousteau, diving saucers, and underwater scooters. The ship was also equipped with a transparent bow and an observation chamber 3 meters (9.8 feet) below the waterline and was modified to accommodate scientific equipment and a helipad. The Calypso's underwater chamber is named after the ship. On January 8, 1996, a barge accidentally rammed the Calypso and sank it in the port of Singapore. On January 16, it was raised by a 230-foot (70 m) crane, patched, and deflated before being sent to a shipyard in France. After spending some time in the port of Marseille, in 1998, after Cousteau's death, it was towed to the Maritime Museum in La Rochelle on the Atlantic coast of France. At the same time, plans were announced to convert the ship into a floating museum. A series of legal and other obstacles to the restoration and conservation work followed. A legal dispute between Jacques Cousteau's widow, Francine Cousteau, and Loel Guinness, the grandson of the original owner, delayed the restoration work. Meanwhile, the city of La Rochelle refused to fund the restoration. The Calypso was left in a deplorable state. On September 12, 2017, the Calypso was damaged by a fire at a shipyard near Istanbul, Turkey, where the vessel had been undergoing a refit since 2016. The fire only damaged the newer parts of the vessel; the historic portion was unharmed. The fire started after months of restoring the wooden hull planking. Police are investigating. The fire delayed the refit, but did not cancel it. Jacques-Yves Cousteau died on June 25, 1997, at the age of 87, from a myocardial infarction resulting from complications of a respiratory illness. He was honored with a national funeral ceremony. He is buried in the family plot at Saint-André-de-Cubzac Cemetery. Nice to meet you here! Subscribe to the channel! Subscribe to the official "ALL ABOUT EVERYTHING" channel on YouTube:    / @vseobovsemm