PISCES II 8< III 



LENGTH: 20ft 



BEAM: 10 ft 



HEIGHT: 10ft 



DRAFT: 7.5 ft 



WEIGHT (DRY): 12.5 tons 



OPERATING DEPTH: Pll: 2.600ft 



Pill: 3,600 ft 



COLLAPSE DEPTH : 5,000 ft 



Pll: 1968 



Pill: 1969 



HATCH DIAMETER: 19.5 in. 



LIFE SUPPORT (MAX): 100 man hr 



TOTAL POWER: 40 kWh 



SPEED (KNOTS): CRUISE NA 



MAX 4 



CREW: PILOTS 1 



OBSERVERS 2 



PAYLOAD: 2,000 lb 



LAUNCH DATE: 



PRESSURE HULL: Spherical shape, two hemispheres of A242 melded steel segments 1.1 in. thick; 6-ft 8-in. OD. 



OPERATING/SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT; UOC. depth gage, echo sounder, directional gvo, transponder, TV, scanning sonar/interrogater, VHF 



radio. 



MANIPULATORS: Two; one is for grasping (three degrees of freedom) and one for working (six degrees of freedom). Both can be adapted to carry 



drills, impact wrenches, grinders, mud pumps and cable cutters which can be changed underwater. 



SURFACE SUPPORT; Both are supported by the M/V VICKERS VOYAGER (4,500-ton displacement) or the VICKERS VENTURER (640-ton 



displacement). The former is an ex-fish factory ship; the latter an ex-stern trawler. 



OWNER: Vickers Oceanics Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness, England. 



BUILDER: International Hydrodynamics Ltd., Vancouver, B.C. 



REMARKS: The features given above are from the present owner, features not described parallel those of PISCES I when both Pll & Pill were first 



constructed. Considerable modifications have taken place since the present owner acquired these vehicles. 



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