Jiaolong (diving boat)
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The Jiaolong is a Chinese manned research submarine that is 8.20 meters long and weighs 22 tons. The name comes from one in a forecast occurring sea dragon (see. "Long" ). The submarine was first tested in summer 2010 in the South China Sea . It is used for deep sea research .
After the "Jiaolong" had previously made 17 dives in depths of up to 3795 meters, she reached a depth of 5057 meters in a six-hour dive on July 27, 2011 with a three-person crew in the Pacific and 7,062 meters in June 2012; this is a new record for China. The submarine is designed for a maximum diving depth of 7000 meters. It is equipped with devices for recording videos and photos and has a device for collecting samples. Thanks to an autopilot- like control mechanism, the 2-meter diving ball made of titanium can be moved at a constant distance from the seabed .
The designer Weicheng Cui received the Hans Hass Award in 2014 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Glenda Kwek: Race to the bottom: Chinese sub dives 5000 meters. Reported to The Age on July 26, 2011.
- ↑ Jeremy Page: China Makes Milestone Dive. Submersible Reaches Ultradeep, Overtaking US in Hunt for Undersea Resources. Reported to the Wall Street Journal on July 27, 2011.
- ^ Announcement on german.china.org.cn from June 26, 2012.
literature
- LIU Feng, CUI WeiCheng, LI XiangYang: China's first deep manned submersible, JIAOLONG In: Science China Earth Science , Volume 53, No. 10, 2010, ISSN 1674-7313 , pp. 1407-1410 ( https://doi.org /10.1007/s11430-010-4100-2 ).
Web links
- Christoph Seidler: China's deep sea diving boat. "Sea dragon" is supposed to search for raw materials in the sea , Internet portal "Spiegel Online", July 20, 2011
- New dive boat. China's "sea dragon" sinks to a depth of 5000 meters , "Spiegel Online" internet portal, July 26, 2011