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RV Calypso is a former British Royal Navy minesweeper converted into a research vessel for the oceanographic researcher Jacques Cousteau, equipped with a mobile laboratory for underwater field research. She was severely damaged in 1996 and was planned to undergo a complete refurbishment in 2009–2011 that has not been accomplished.
In Malta, Jacques-Yves Cousteau discovered a former Royal Navy mine-sweeper that had been converted to a ferry and named Calypso. The ship was christened in 1942 but her first prosaic name, J-826, belied the exceptional life she would lead.
Jacques-Yves Cousteau, AC (/ k uː ˈ s t oʊ /, also UK: / ˈ k uː s t oʊ /, French: [ʒak iv kusto]; 11 June 1910 – 25 June 1997) was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author.
Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau travelled the seas of the World going to such places as Antarctic and the Amazon. Theses trips were mostly carried out on the emblematic Calypso, one of the world most famous ships, but also on the revolutionary Alcyone which was designed by the Captain himself.
Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau realized his dream of capturing the wind to propel a ship when, in 1985, from La Rochelle, France, Alcyone, called the ” Daughter of the Wind “, crossed the Atlantic and arrived triumphantly in the port of New York.
Jun 22, 2024 · Jacques Cousteau (born June 11, 1910, Saint-André-de-Cubzac, France—died June 25, 1997, Paris) was a French naval officer, ocean explorer, and co-inventor of the Aqua-Lung, known for his extensive underseas investigations.
RV Calypso is a former British Royal Navy minesweeper converted into a research vessel for the oceanographic researcher Jacques Cousteau, equipped with a mobile laboratory for underwater field research. She was severely damaged in 1996 and was planned to undergo a complete refurbishment in 2009–2011.
Feb 9, 2022 · Calypso became a legend thanks to its famous owner, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, who died in 1997. This former minesweeper was transformed by the oceanographer into an oceanographic expedition ship.
Jan 11, 2016 · The Cousteau Society, custodian of oceanographer Jacques Cousteau's legacy and the owner of the Calypso, his famous research vessel, have announced that they have secured the means to restore...
Jun 27, 2015 · It was the constant companion of the famed French explorer Jacques Cousteau, as the ship and its captain logged over a million nautical miles together from the Red Sea and the Amazon to...
