submersible

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Submersibles are used in many fields, but many now associate them with the 2023 underwater implosion of the Titan, which killed five people on a trip to explore the Titanic wreck.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

Submersibles are typically made using titanium, steel and, depending on how deep they’re planned to travel, acrylic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2023

Submersibles and submarines are shaped the way they are because spheres and cylinders are geometrically more resistant to crushing pressures.

From Scientific American • Jun. 22, 2023

Submersibles, remotely controlled by a team on board a specialist ship, spent more than 200 hours surveying the length and breadth of the wreck.

From BBC • May 17, 2023

Submersibles cannot attack their target in definite formations as do surface vessels, and therefore they cannot operate in numbers with the same effectiveness as do the latter.

From The Journal of Submarine Commander von Forstner by Forstner, Georg-Günther, Freiherr von