![]() The submarine is maintained with passion by the members of the association "Les Compagnons du Saga". The development of remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs), which avoid risky interventions for divers, sounded the death knell for the short career of this innovative submarine. After test and qualification trials, Saga was commissioned in 1988. The crew could take place in this detachable sphere, which could reach the surface in case of damage. Saga is also equipped with a rescue capsule, which is located on the upper part of the submarine. ![]() Thus the submarine can be piloted in transit by a single person. The crew being limited, the control and piloting functions have been automated as much as possible. Its oxygen autonomy is ensured by two storage units placed outside the hull and allowing to embark 6500 kg of cryogenic oxygen. Its propulsion is ensured by two Stirling engines connected to two propellers on mobile nozzles. ![]() In order to ensure these extraordinary performances for a civilian submarine, Saga has benefited from numerous innovations. It is especially designed to descend to a depth of 600 meters and has an autonomy of 21 days. It consists of an atmospheric pressure compartment, which houses six crew members and the main equipment, as well as a hyperbaric compartment where up to six divers can be accommodated. Saga is 28 meters long and has a diving displacement of 545 tons. It is intended to work in the oil offshore, technological and scientific research and the public sector (Governments, Military Marines). Renamed Saga, the objective of this submersible is to be able to intervene in the deep offshore, while ensuring autonomy allowing it to go to the diving areas by its own means. But due to lack of budget, the project was abandoned and taken over by Comex and Ifremer in the 1980s. ![]() Its construction was launched by Captain Cousteau in 1966, under the name Argyronet. Captain Cousteau's Calypso docked next to the Saga's hangar The Saga, the largest civilian submarine in the world, is at the center of all the attentions of the association "Les Compagnons du Saga". At the bend in a little street in Marseille, no one expects to discover such a vessel, waiting wisely in its hangar. ![]()
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