MV Alucia

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MV Alucia is a heavy lift ship with a launch platform for diving and submersible operations.

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History

Alucia was built as a heavy lift ship with a launch platform for diving and submersible operations in 1974 in Auroux, France as the RV Nadir. In 1984 it was purchased by the French oceanographic institute IFREMER and in 2004 by DeepOcean Quest. It has a large helicopter deck and two submarines, the Triton Submersibles 3300/3 (named Nadir) and the Deep Rover 2, both rated for a maximum depth of 1,000 m (3,300 ft).

In 2011, Alucia was involved in the search for Air France Flight 447. In 2014, it was used during the filming of David Attenborough's Great Barrier Reef (broadcst 2015) and Blue Planet II (broadcast 2017) BBC television series.

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References

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External links

• Alucia Alucia Productions

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