BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- China Shipbuilding Industry Corp. (CSIC), one of the two largest shipbuilding conglomerates in China, said Wednesday that the company is developing a manned submersible that can dive to a depth of 4,500 meters. The move came as part of a greater plan for the nation to eve...
China accused of secretly salvaging sunken British submarine containing 18 lost sailorsBy Julian Ryall in Weihai6:43PM BST 12 Jun 2009 HMS Poseidon sank in 130ft of water on June 9, 1931, after a collision with a Chinese merchant steamer 20 miles north of the British naval base at Weihai. Relative...
New deep-sea exploration vessels unveiledThe Yomiuri Shimbun YOKOSUKA, Kanagawa--The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology recently unveiled three new unmanned deep-sea exploration vessels at its headquarters in Yokosuka. The exploration vessels are designed to independ...