COUSTEAU'S RESEARCH SHIP CALYPSO SINKS.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. SINGAPORE - French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau's research vessel sank in a Singapore shipyard, officials said Thursday. No one was hurt. The Calypso Calypso, in Greek mythology Calypso (kəlĭp`sō), nymph, daughter of Atlas, in Homer's Odyssey. She lived on the island of Ogygia and there entertained Odysseus for seven years. started sinking Monday, said an official of the ship's agent, Nedlloyd Shipping. The cause is still unknown. Two crew members on board were able to walk away because it was low tide, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Representatives of the ship's owner are negotiating with salvage companies to haul the ship, he said. The Business Times newspaper published a picture Thursday of the famous ship lying underwater Wednesday on its side. Officials at the Kwong Soon Engineering Company's yard, where the ship was berthed, refused to give details. The Calypso, a 66-foot converted British minesweeper minesweeper Naval vessel used to clear submarine mines from an expanse of water. In naval warfare, they are used to clear mines from sea-lanes to protect merchant shipping as well as to clear paths for warships to engage in battle or amphibious warfare. Cousteau began using in 1950, arrived in Singapore after doing research in China and Vietnam, the Business Times reported. The vessel arrived from Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, city (1997 pop. 5,250,000), on the right bank of the Saigon River, a tributary of the Dong Nai, Vietnam. on Sept. 24, said a Port of Singapore The Port of Singapore refers to the collective facilities and terminals that conduct maritime trade handling functions in Singapore's harbours and which handle Singapore's shipping. Authority spokeswoman. |
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