Hawkes Ocean Technologies is a

marine engineering Marine engineering is the engineering of boats, ships, submarines, and any other marine vessel. Here it is also taken to include the engineering of other ocean systems and structures – referred to in certain academic and professional circl ...

firm that specializes in consumer submarines, founded by Graham Hawkes. It is headquartered in

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, US.

Hawkes Remotes

Hawkes Remotes is a subsidiary that builds ROVs (remotely operated vehicles), unmanned robotic submarines.

DeepFlight

Hawkes builds the DeepFlight range of submersibles, which uses hydrodynamic forces for diving, instead of ballast. The subs are all-electric. All or some of them have two pairs of wings like an airplane's, one pair front and the other pair rear, shorter than an airplane's and the other way up so they push the submarine down. ;DeepFlight submersibles * DeepFlight IDeepFlight
DeepFlight I
(accessed 5 September 2010) :: ''DeepFlight I'' was sponsored by TV firms, and serve as technology testbed for ''DeepFlight II''. * Wet FlightDeepFlight
WetFlight
(accessed 5 September 2010) :: ''Wet Flight'' was used in filming of "Dolphins: The Ride"/ * DeepFlight IIDeepFlight
DeepFlight II
(accessed 5 September 2010) :: ''DeepFlight II'' was designed on AutoCAD. * DeepFlight AviatorDeepFlight
DeepFlight Aviator
(accessed 5 September 2010) :: With an operational depth of 1500ft, the ''Aviator'' is the first of its kind positively-buoyant submersible. It relies solely on hydrodynamic forces to dive. It was designed completely on a computer. *

DeepFlight Challenger DeepFlight Challenger is a one-person personal submarine deep submergence vehicle with full ocean depth capability. It is an "aero-submarine" which uses hydrodynamic forces to descend, as the sub has positive buoyancy, utilizing DeepFlight technol ...

DeepFlight
DeepFlight Challenger
(accessed 5 September 2010) :: The ''Challenger'' was designed for

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's attempt at the world's deepest point,

Challenger Deep The Challenger Deep is the deepest-known point of the seabed of Earth, with a depth of by direct measurement from deep-diving submersibles, remotely operated underwater vehicles and benthic landers, and (sometimes) slightly more by sonar bathym ...

. * DeepFlight Super FalconDeepFlight
DeepFlight SuperFalcon
(accessed 5 September 2010) :: The ''SuperFalcon'' is much more maneuverable than all subs preceding it. Unlike most subs, it does not have a circular

pressure hull A submarine hull has two major components, the ''light hull'' and the ''pressure hull''. The light hull (''casing'' in British usage) of a submarine is the outer non-watertight hull which provides a hydrodynamically efficient shape. The pressure ...

. The first example was built for Tom Perkins. At the time of launch, it was the most advanced personal submarine in the world. *

DeepFlight Merlin DeepFlight Merlin is a personal submarine by Hawkes Ocean Technologies, part of the DeepFlight line of submersibles. The positively buoyantDesign World"DeepFlight Merlin 3-person Aero Submarine" 18 February 2010 (accessed 31 July 2010) submersib ...

DeepFlight
DeepFlight Merlin
(accessed 5 September 2010) :: The initial example is called

Necker Nymph The ''Necker Nymph'' is a submersible vehicle operated by Virgin Aquatic from the 32-metre yacht ''Necker Belle'', which is based at the Virgin Limited Edition resort Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands. The ''Necker Nymph'' is the i ...

and run by

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. * DeepFlight DragonSYOG: Superyacht Owners Guide
"DeepFlight to introduce revolutionary self-pilot submarine at MYS 2014"
''22 September 2014''

Other submersibles

* Deep Rover, a series of 1- and 2-seater subs that relied on conventional ballast systems for diving, designed by Hawkes, built by Deep Ocean Engineering.DeepFlight
Subs
(accessed 5 September 2010) — Some of the 2-seaters were used on the documentary film "

Aliens of the Deep ''Aliens of the Deep'' is a 2005 American documentary film directed in part by James Cameron alongside fellow cameraman and friend Steven Quale, and filmed in the IMAX 3D format. It was produced by Walden Media and Walt Disney Pictures. Came ...

". This submarine design set the former world solo dive depth record in 1985 at 1000m. ** Deep Rover I **

Deep Rover II Deep or The Deep may refer to: Places United States * Deep Creek (Appomattox River tributary), Virginia * Deep Creek (Great Salt Lake), Idaho and Utah * Deep Creek (Mahantango Creek tributary), Pennsylvania * Deep Creek (Mojave River tributary), ...

— ''Deep Rover II'' was used in the Michael Crichton film "Sphere".DeepFlight
Sphere
(accessed 5 September 2010) * Mantis (submersible), a one-man deep sea engineering sub designed by Hawkes, built by OSEL. — ''Mantis'' was used in the James Bond film " For Your Eyes Only".Welcome to ANSYS Advantage!
"Taking Next-Generation Submersibles to New Depths"
, A. Wright, ''2007'' (accessed 5 September 2010) *

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, an atmospheric diving suit for deep sea engineering designed by Hawkes, built by OSEL.

References

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External links

* Hawkes Ocean Technologie
DeepFlight Submersibles
Marine engineering organizations Shipbuilding companies of California Submarines Companies based in San Francisco