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I wasn't sure if this came thru when I sent it before or not. I don't
remember seeing it in my inbox, soooo, anyway just in case, here it is
again.
Kindest Regards, Bill Akins.
Hi Dave.
I found this info on the Cousteau
submarines.
Here's a link to a site that at the very bottom of
the page mentions the first one which was lost. It was called the
Soucoupe. Here's the link. http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/blowballast/people/submersibles1.htm
I also found this link to a stamp with the original
soucoupe on it and it explains some of the history of it's loss. Scroll down til
you see the monaco stamp with the saucer on it. Here's the link. http://www.shipsonstamps.org/Topics/html/tauch.htm
I also found this 2001 posting from Carsten
Standfus answering Richard Gordon's questions via the Psubs forum
about them too. Here's the link. http://www.psubs.org/mlist/archive/0102/msg00047.html
I also found one from Vance from 2001 also, that
corrected some misconceptions and fills you in pretty good. Here's that
link. http://www.psubs.org/mlist/archive/0102/msg00051.html
And another 2001 post from Carsten to Vance about
the cousteau sub again. http://www.psubs.org/mlist/archive/0102/msg00052.html
Has anyone ever tried a recovery of the lost
saucer? I heard it sank to 3280 ft in 1959 I believe, but with todays ROV's
I was wondering if anyone had thought of trying to hook a line on it and recover
it for a museum.
Kindest Regards,
Bill Akins.
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