SUBEO LIMITED, AQUARIUS CRAFT SPECIFICATION

• Personnel - one pilot, two passengers.
• Operating depth - 50M or 100M, (160 – 328ft).
• Length-5M, width-2.5M, height-2.3M, (16.4 x 8.2 x 7.5ft).
• Weight - approximately 3800kg (8398lbs).
• Main battery capacity – 22kwh.
• Secondary battery – 24V 72 amp hour.
• Emergency primary lithium battery.
• Integrated thrusters – 9 No.
• Speed 1 to 7 knots.
• Surface buoyancy reserve – 3000kg, (6630lbs).
• Water trim – 200kg, (442lbs).
• Outer hull – GRP.
• Pressure vessels – carbon steel, hot zinc sprayed and 2 part polyurethane.
• Hatch surfaces - stainless steel.
• Welded in penetrators – stainless steel.
• Viewports – 4 No 3 x 600, (23.6 inches), 1 x 500 (19.7 inches) flanged hemispherical to PVHO1.
• Ballast and control air – 4 x 15L 230 bar steel bottles.
• Lead drop and trim 250kg, (552lbs).
• Hatch diameter – 545mm. (21.5 inches)
• Freeboard below hatches – 760mm, (30 inches).
• External lights.
• All systems monitored and controlled by Mitsubushi
• PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) with modem
• for remote diagnostic and programme adjustment
• for individual missions and training.

EMERGENCY SYSTEMS

• Manual operation of main ballast air.
• 250kg, (552lbs) - lead/trim drop.
• Diver connections to surface buoyancy tanks.
• Location pinger.
• Buoy release with optional emergency beacon.
• Strobe.
• Navigation lights.

LIFE SUPPORT

• Mission time oxygen – 3 hours in flasks 0.7L .
• CO2 removal for mission time by scrubber & ‘Sofnolime’
• 72 hours emergency life support by oxygen generators.
• 72 hours CO2 removal by self contained modular systems

LIFE SUPPORT INSTRUMENTATION

• Dedicated PLC for life support monitoring.
• Oxygen sensor and display on integrated screen.
• CO2 infra-red sensor and display on integrated screen.
• Emergency lithium battery for life support monitoring.
• Warnings displayed on screen.

AQUARIUS SPECIFICATION.

STANDARD INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL

• Depth.
• Depth below craft.
• Heading fluxgate compass.
• Battery reserve.
• Current drain.
• Thruster status.
• Humidity.
• Temperature internal/external.
• System alarms.
• Trim levels water and lead.
• Surface buoyancy tank status.
• Hatch status.
• Internal pressure.
• Touch screen for automatic buoyancy control.
• Internal lights – white/red high intensity LED.
• Control by 2 No, 12 function Daco Scientific joysticks.
• Manual pressure equalization valve.

COMMUNICATIONS

• Through water OTS.
• Full internal intercom.
• VOX or ‘push to talk’ operation.
• VHF surface system.

OPTIONS

• Full stainless steel - (316) construction.
• Operating depth – 100M, (328ft).
• Fully integrated underwater navigation system.
• Hull can be supplied in any colour.
• Seats available finished in various materials.
• Manipulators.
• Full video camera system – 4 fixed, 1 fully adjustable. ‘MiniDV’ recorder and monitor.
• Audio mini disk.
• Forward looking sonar.
• Comfort cooling.
• Range of geophysical equipment – magnetometers etc.
• High range, double capacity battery.
• Single point lifting attachment.
• Surface GPS

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE

• High capacity charger for batteries.
• Compressor.
• Launching trailer.
• Full set of spares can be supplied.
• Maintenance and training schemes available.
• Road trailer/vehicle available depending on local transportation legislation with regard to vehicle/braking/maximum trailer weight.

The specification is subject to change depending on operating parameters and payload.