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OceanGate's ''Titan'' is the vessel used in the survey expeditions of the {{ship|RMS|Titanic}} wreckage site. The first expedition took place in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-13 |title=OceanGate sub makes first dive to Titanic wreck site and captures photos of debris |url=https://www.geekwire.com/2021/oceangate-sub-makes-first-dive-titanic-wreck-site-captures-photos-debris/ |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=GeekWire |language=en-US}}</ref>
OceanGate's ''Titan'' is the vessel used in the survey expeditions of the {{ship|RMS|Titanic}} wreckage site. The first expedition took place in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-13 |title=OceanGate sub makes first dive to Titanic wreck site and captures photos of debris |url=https://www.geekwire.com/2021/oceangate-sub-makes-first-dive-titanic-wreck-site-captures-photos-debris/ |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=GeekWire |language=en-US}}</ref>


In June 2023, while on an expedition dive to the [[wreck of the Titanic|''Titanic'' wreck site]], ''Titan'' [[2023 Titan submersible incident|went missing]].<ref name="lost-cbc" /><ref name="lost-bbc" />
In June 2023, while on an expedition dive to the [[wreck of the Titanic|''Titanic'' wreck site]], ''Titan'' [[2023 Titan submersible incident|went missing]].<ref name="lost-cbc" /><ref name="lost-bbc" /> There were five people onboard including a UK billionaire. <ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56075528.amp <ref>


==Accidents and incidents==
==Accidents and incidents==

Revision as of 13:50, 20 June 2023

This article is about the submarine company. For other corporations and companies, see Oceangate.
OceanGate
Company typePrivate
IndustryTourism, expeditions
Founded2009
FounderStockton Rush
HeadquartersEverett, 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 OceanGate expedition to the Titanic shipwreck was $250,000 USD a 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. 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.[citation needed]

OceanGate's Titan is the vessel used in the survey expeditions of the RMS Titanic wreckage site. The first expedition took place in 2021.[9]

In June 2023, while on an expedition dive to the Titanic wreck site, Titan went missing.[10][11] There were five people onboard including a UK billionaire. Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).[11]

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. ^ 'Citizen scientists' pay $250K to work Titanic expedition at depths of 12,500 feet in the North Atlantic Ocean
  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. ^ "OceanGate, Inc.: Engineered Submersible Marks a Pivotal Shift in Deep Sea Exploration with Series of Successful Titanic Dives". goSkagit. Retrieved 2022-04-18. Not readable from European Economic Area (EEA) including the EU on 20 June 2023.
  9. ^ "OceanGate sub makes first dive to Titanic wreck site and captures photos of debris". GeekWire. 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference lost-cbc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ a b "Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way". BBC News. 2023-06-19. Retrieved 2023-06-19.

External links

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