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Ralph,
Which sub are you thinking of? You got me
to looking through some Jacques Cousteau books I've had since I was very young.
I found some interesting pictures in one of them. They show the SP 350, SP 3000,
and the SP 500, but only claim the SP 3000 (later renamed Cyana), to be a recent
addition to there diving saucer fleet. Here's the short quote from
the book.
" SP 3000. A recent addition to our diving saucer
fleet, this sub will allow men to penetrate and observe 10,000 feet down.
"
Here are my scanned pics you might not of seen
before, starting with this one.
Also from the same book is this interesting
drawing of the Argyronete submarine of the future. I looked at that picture a
lot as a kid.
I found it interesting that they called there
submersibles, diving saucers. I don't know much about the subs Jacques Cousteau
used, so perhaps others in the group will fill us in. How ever there is still
more to be found on the net. I'm guessing that all three SP class diving saucers
were used by Cousteau, but I'll just have to keep searching and reading to find
out. Here are the Busby book links to the SP class of subs.
http://busby.psubs.org/html/page-206.html
Then continue on through to page 211
The picture of the SP 3000 in the Busby book on
page 210 looks like the sub was in a museum at that the time the photo was
taken. I'll see what else I can find.
Regards,
Brent Hartwig
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