Auguste Piccard (PX-8)

Jacques Piccard the first passenger Submarine

Jacques Piccard’s adventures included 7-mile ocean dive
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Technical Data Sheet 1
MESOSCAPHE PX-8 AUGUSTE PICCARD
General dimensions
Overall length: 28.50 m
Overall width: 6.80 m
Overall height: 7.43 m
External diameter: 3.150 m
Draught: 3.63 m
Weight: 78.78 t
Total weight ready for sea: 165.48 t
Displacement surfaced: 178 t
Displacement submerged: 222 t
Payload: 10 t
Stability: 41 m/t
Foundry: Voesst, Linz (A)
Construction: Giovanola Frères SA, Monthey, (CH)
Materials: Aldur 55 steel hull, Plexiglas portholes (polymethylmethacrylate)
Engines: Bau & Montage, Hamburg, (D)
Cabin
Internal length: 21.92 metres
Internal diameter: 2.037 metres
Hull thickness: 38 mm
Portholes: 45 Plexiglas portholes
Passengers: 40
Crew: 3 men (1 commander, 1 pilot, 1 mechanic) + 1 woman (1 hostess at sea). The two
women