Titan Submersible Stats of Titan Name: TITAN ( previously Known as Cyclops 2 ) Owner / Company: OceanGate Project Completion: 2018 Weight: 9,525 kg (21,000 lbs) Speed: 3 knots (3-1/2 miles per hour) Propeller: Electric Thrusters Life-Support System: Enough to keep five people alive for up to 96 hours Test depth: Up to 4,000 m (13,000 ft) Capacity: 5 people Crew: 1 x pilot, 1 x technical expert, 3 x mission specialists/passengers Manufacturing Material: Walls: Carbon-fiber walls (5 inches ~ 13 cm thickness) Domes: T itanium Domes ( capped at each end ) Development Status: Experimental (Risk of Injury or Death) Length: 6.7 m (22 ft) Beam: 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) Height: 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) History of Titan In 2013, OceanGate began working with the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL-UW) at the University of Washington to develop a titanium-hulled composite carbon fiber submersible with the tentative name Cyclops 2; OceanGate signed a settlement ...
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