MP
26 Tourist Submarine
The
MP 26 used tourist submarine is a deep diving, mid
sized 24 passenger submarine. The key words in the design of the MP
26 have been reliability, ease of maintenance and ease of transportability.
The submarine is designed according to the Det Norske Veritas (DnV)and
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) rules for submersible vehicles. The
classification for the vessel is DnV.
The
MP 26 tourist sub is capable of diving to a depth of
100 m (327 feet). The manoeuvering control is executed with a single
joy stick. The submarine operating systems are located mainly inside
the pressure vessel reducing the for dry docking during the maintenance
periods.
The
MP 26 is sold together with a support container and
basic spares. For transportation a 40 foot container frame is mounted
around the vessel enabling handling with standard container lifting
equipment.
MP26
Tourist Submarine Features the following:
Complete documention
Service/transport container
F ire extinguishing system
Navigational lights and xeon strobe
External halogen lighting for night dives
BIBs emergency masks for all passengers
Digital and redundant analog depth gauges
Forwarding sonar, echo sounder
Carbon dioxide and oxygen monitors
VHF and underwater radio
Redundant air pressure and oxygen high pressure
Emergency drop weight
Air soft ballast and hard water ballast systems
Four hydraulic thrusters with optional extra thrusters
Fifteen view ports
Meets all Lloyds and ABS classifications
Length
- 12m
Width - 2.4 m
Height - 4.3 m
Depth - 100m
Passengers - 24
Crew - 2
Payload - 1750 Kg
Displacement - 35 tons
Surface Draft - 2.0 m
Main thrusters - 2 x 0 kw
Aux. thrusters - 2 x 10 kw
Power - 248 volts, 750 Ah and 24 V, 220 Ah
Battery reserve - 10 hours
Soft Ballast - 2.6 cubic meters
Hard Ballast - 1.75 cubic meters
High Pressure air - 500 lliter at 200 bar
Life Support - 84 hours
