- WHY TRITON
World Records & World Firsts
Explore some of the amazing achievements accomplished by owners of Triton Submersibles
World Records
No-one understands engineering submersibles for reliability at depth quite like Triton. It should therefore be unsurprising that Triton submersible owners hold dozens of depth-related world records.
DEEPEST DIVE IN HISTORY
10,928 meters
April 28, 2019
DEEPEST DIVE IN SOUTHERN OCEAN
7,433 meters
February 4, 2019
DEEPEST DIVE IN ATLANTIC OCEAN
8,376 meters
Dec 19, 2018
DEEPEST DIVE IN INDIAN OCEAN
7,192 meters
April 5, 2019
DEEPEST CERTIFIED SUBMERSIBLE
DNV-GL “Unlimited Depth”
May 5, 2019
MOST DIVES TO FULL OCEAN DEPTH
Fifteen Dives
(and counting)
DEEPEST SALVAGE MISSION
Scientific Lander Recovery
10,927 meters
DEEPEST DIVING AMERICAN
Victor Vescovo
10,928 meters
DEEPEST DIVING CANADIAN
Patrick Lahey
10,927 meters
DEEPEST DIVING ENGLISHMAN
John Ramsay
10,927 meters
DEEPEST DIVING GERMAN
Jonathan Struwe
10,927 meters
DEEPEST DIVING SCOTSMAN
Alan Jamieson
10,714 meters
DEEPEST DIVING AUSTRALIAN
Tim Macdonald
10,925 meters
DEEPEST DIVING NEW ZEALANDER
Rob McCallum
10,925 meters
DEEPEST DIVING FILIPINO
Dr. Deo Onda
10,045 meters
DEEPEST DIVING SPANIARD
Hector Salvador
10,706 meters
DEEPEST DIVING
HEAD OF STATE
HRH Prince Albert II
5,109 meters
World Firsts
Every day, at Triton owner somewhere is doing something incredible with their sub. Little wonder hundreds of world firsts have been achieved by these intrepid adventurers.
FIRST PRIVATE SUB DIVES IN ANTARTICA
Dec, 2012
FIRST DIVES TO SIRENA DEEP
May, 2019
FIRST TO FILM GIANT SQUID
Jun, 2013
FIRST TO RECORD TITANIC IN 4K
Aug, 2019
FIRST subsea LIVE NEWS BROADCAST
Mar, 2019
FIRST TO TAG SIX-GILL SHARKS using submersible
OceanX
First 7,500 ft-rated Acrylic Sphere begins construction
Sep, 2020
Largest Acrylic Pressure Hull ever produced delivered
Sep, 2020
FIRST marriage ceremony at 1,000 meters deep
Jan, 2017
FIRST EXPLORATION OF ATOMIC GHOST FLEET
Bikini Atoll
FIRST EXPLORATION OF BOSTON’S CORAL CANYONS
Sep, 2016
FIRST SURVEY OF BATTLE OF ATLANTIC FLEET WRECKS
Aug, 2016
first head of state underwater broadcast
President Faure, Seychelles
Apr, 2019
