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This article is about the submarine company. For other corporations and companies, see Oceangate.
OceanGate
Company typePrivate
IndustrieTourism, expeditions
Gegründet2009
GründerStockton Rush
HauptsitzEverett, Washington, United States
Key people
Stockton Rush (CEO)

OceanGate Inc. is a privately held U.S. company operating out of Everett, Washington, that provides crewed submersibles for industry, research and exploration. The company was founded in 2009 by Stockton Rush.[1]

In 2021, OceanGate began taking paying customers to visit the Titanic shipwreck in its Titan submersible.[2][3] In 2022, the cost of an OceanGate expedition to the Titanic shipwreck was US$250,000 per person.[4]

Submersibles

Cyclops (500 meters)

In collaboration with the University of Washington's Applied Physics Laboratory,[5] OceanGate developed the submersible Cyclops 1, a 5-person submersible that is capable of reaching depths up to a maximum of 500 meters (1,640 ft).[6] Launched in March 2015, the Cyclops 1 submersible is the first Cyclops Class submersible developed by OceanGate.[7]

Titan (4000 meters)

OceanGate worked with engineers from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, to develop and manufacture Titan, a 5-person vessel made of carbon fiber and titanium.[8] The filament-wound cylinder that forms the center section of the pressure vessel is 130 mm (5 in) thick and made from 660 layers of carbon fiber material, able to dive to 4,000 meters (13,123 feet). The entire pressure vessel consists of two titanium hemispheres, two matching titanium interface rings, and the 142 cm (56 in) internal diameter, 2.4 meters (7 ft 10 in) long carbon fiber wound cylinder – the largest such device ever built for use in a crewed submersible. [9]

OceanGate's Titan is the vessel used in the survey expeditions of the RMS Titanic wreckage site. The first expedition took place in 2021.[10]

In June 2023, while on an expedition dive to the Titanic wreck site, Titan went missing.[11][12] There were five people onboard, including OceanGate founder Stockton Rush and UK billionaire Hamish Harding. [13]

Accidents and incidents

See also: 2023 Titan submersible incident

On 18 June 2023, the submersible Titan operated by OceanGate Expeditions went missing in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland. The submersible, designed to carry five people, was carrying an expedition of tourists, including Hamish Harding, Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Shahzada Dawood, Dawood's son, Suleman, and the founder of OceanGate, Stockton Rush, to view the wreckage of RMS Titanic.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ "Cyclops Submersible Brings Deep-Water Exploration to the 21st Century". NBC News. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  2. ^ A Deep Dive Into the Plans to Take Tourists to the ‘Titanic’
  3. ^ "OceanGate sub makes first dive to Titanic wreck site and captures photos of debris". GeekWire. 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  4. ^ [https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/lifestyles/citizen-scientists-pay-250k-to-work-titanic-expedition-at-depths-of-12500-feet-in-the-north-atlantic-ocean-100659359/ 'Citizen scientists' pay $250K to work Titanic expedition at depths of 12,500 feet in the North Atlantic Ocean 18th of june on of there subs disappeared]
  5. ^ "Joint Venture to Produce Manned Submersible". apl.uw.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  6. ^ "An ambassador to Neptune's kingdom | The Economist". The Economist. Archived from the original on 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  7. ^ "Xconomy: OceanGate Unveils Cyclops Sub to Help Businesses, Researchers Go Deep". Xconomy. 2015-03-09. Archived from the original on 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  8. ^ "Titan Submersible". OceanGate. Archived from the original on 2023-06-19. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  9. ^ Tourist Submarine Titan Goes Missing on Its Way to the Titanic Wreck, 20 June 2023, autoevolution.com
  10. ^ "OceanGate sub makes first dive to Titanic wreck site and captures photos of debris". GeekWire. 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  11. ^ a b "Submersible bound for Titanic goes missing". CBC Newfoundland and Labrador. 2023-06-19.
  12. ^ a b "Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way". BBC News. 2023-06-19. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  13. ^ https://news.sky.com/story/uk-billionaire-hamish-harding-on-board-missing-titanic-submersible-family-confirms-12905616
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