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