The Royal Navy has two submarine rescue submersibles, the NR5 and Scorpio, which are currently on standby near Glasgow. |
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He's been down in every imaginable piece of diving gear known to man as well as a wide array of underwater submersibles and crafts. |
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It was time for Britain to acquire submersibles and find out just how much of a menace they might be. |
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Submersibles were equipped with special devices called bathymeters for taking water samples from the ocean bed. |
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William Beebe's bathyscaphe, based on a steel balloon, and the submersibles which followed, changed the way in which oceanographers were able to gather information. |
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If the cable is severed then the submersibles are designed to sink to the seabed before the ballast in their tanks is jettisoned so that they rise to the surface. |
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The descent took place in two MIR submersibles and was led by Soviet and Russian polar explorer Artur Chilingarov. |
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Civilian submarines can use similar, albeit less powerful systems to communicate with support ships or other submersibles in the area. |
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The seabed has been explored by submersibles such as Alvin and, to some extent, scuba divers with special equipment. |
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Giant squid have proved elusive to deep sea film crews in the past, because they will not go near the lights on their submersibles. |
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This is acceptable for civilian research submersibles, but not military submarines. |
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Modern submarines and submersibles, as well as the oldest ones, usually have a single hull. |
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During the Second World War, the Fishguard Bay Hotel was Station IXc of Special Operations Executive where submersibles were tested in Fishguard Bay. |
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Avoiding border checks, such as by small ships, private airplanes, through overland smuggling routes, smuggling tunnels and even small submersibles. |
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