submersible
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right|thumb|upright=1.3|Retired modern submersible Star III of Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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- History
- Operation
- Technologies
- Buoyancy
- Buoyancy control
- Deep-diving crewed submersibles
- Commercial submersibles
- Marine remotely operated vehicles
- Autonomous underwater vehicles
- Diver lock-out submersible
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right|thumb|upright=1.3|Retired modern submersible Star III of Scripps Institution of Oceanography
A submersible is an underwater vehicle which needs to be transported and supported by a larger watercraft or platform. This distinguishes submersibles from submarines, which are self-supporting and capable of prolonged independent operation at sea.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “submersible” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.