Alcyone (1985 ship)
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Turbosail ship Alcyone in harbour
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History | |
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Name | Alcyone |
Namesake | Alcyone |
Owner | Cousteau Society |
Port of registry | La Rochelle, France |
Builder | Ateliers & Chantiers La Rochelle Pallice |
Yard number | 1238 |
Launched | 1985[1] |
Completed | 1985 |
Homeport | Concarneau, Brittany, France[2] |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Research ship |
Length | 103 ft (31.4 m)[1] |
Beam | 29 ft (8.8 m)[1] |
Draught | 7 ft 8 in (2.3 m)[1] |
Sail plan | |
Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph)[1] |
Crew | 12[1] |
Alcyone is a ship launched at La Rochelle in 1985 for the Cousteau Society. Alcyone was created as an expedition ship and to test the operation of a new kind of marine propulsion system, the turbosail. Alcyone's two turbosails augment its diesel engines. Since the accidental sinking of Calypso, Alcyone has been the Cousteau Society's expedition vessel.
Alcyone in popular culture
- John Denver wrote a short song called "Alcyone The Wind" as a tribute to Alcyone. The song was sung in the 1993 documentary Secret Societies of Dolphins and Whales.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Alcyone and Turbosail" (PDF). toledoseaport.org. 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Alcyone". cousteau.org. 2014. Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to IMO 8412833.
- Cousteau Society's ship page for the Alcyone
- Jean-Charles Nahon (Naval Architect Bureau Mauric) and Bernard Deguy (First captain of Alcyone): Experience with sail assisted propulsion: the Alcyone (presentation slides, 2013. PDF, 13 MB)
- Description of Turbosail
- "Description of Turbosail" (PDF). Cousteau Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27.
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