Over 200 stunning, never-before-seen photos The official companion book to the highly anticipated National Geographic Documentary Film Endurance, to be released later this fall The book by John Shears and Nico Vincent will be on sale from the 5th November 2024 October 2024 – On August 1, 1914, British explorer Sir Ernest Shackelton and…
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Jérémie Morizet from Deep Ocean Search descended to a depth of 10,806 meters On Sunday 13th October, Frenchman Jérémie Morizet joined an elite club of deep-sea divers after diving to 10,806 meters during a scientific expedition – setting a record for deepest dive by a French national in the process. This remarkable 9-hour dive…
London, United Kingdom –10th October 2024 On August 1, 1914, British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew sailed from England, set on making history as the first to cross Antarctica, however the ship never returned. On November 22, 1915, the ship named Endurance disappeared, crushed by ice in the Weddell Sea. Today, Shackleton’s survival…
Deep Ocean Search LTD DOS is a pioneer in deep water survey, salvage & positioning, providing unique expertise to offshore industry & governments since 20 years. The company operates worldwide from 0 to 11000m depth, running challenging projects, some of them leading to major world records these past few years (deepest cargo salvage, deepest shipwreck…
It is now two years since the wreck of Endurance was found and Deep Ocean Search take this opportunity to make clear the process by which the area to be searched was defined. The Falkland Heritage Trust engaged DOS to produce a search box and this work was led by Peter Cope with the input…
Bourbon Subsea Services to announce new strategic partnership with DOS DOS has been BSS subcontractor since 2022, but a close partnership has been concluded in 2023: we are now the survey service provider for a number of BOURBON vessels but we also provide expertise and technical support, such as taking MPSVs up to survey standards,…
DOS personnel representing The Explorers Club at UNESCO. As members of The Explorers Club, DOS personnel Maeva Onde & Jérémie Morizet have been invited to UNESCO on the occasion of the Partner’s Forum. This session aimed to discuss & highlight UNESCO’s new Partnership Agreement with The Explorers Club (TEC), an international, multidisciplinary professional association made…
Tout le personnel de Deep Ocean Search se joint à la communauté sous-marine pour envoyer ses condoléances aux familles des personnes perdues à bord du submersible Titan lors d’une plongée sur le Titanic. Nous tenons également à remercier tous ceux qui ont travaillé si dur pour réunir les ressources et les personnes nécessaires pour travailler…
COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE – Sauvetage sous-marin Titan LE 21 Juin 2023 Avec 30 ans d’expérience, notre groupe d’experts de Deep Ocean Search Ltd connaît bien les opérations sous-marines extrêmement profondes et, à ce titre, il a été contacté par diverses agences pour fournir des conseils et un soutien aux efforts de sauvetage du submersible en…
In 2022, two Guinness World Records and two “Shipwreck Oscars” from Wreckwatch Magazine were made possible by major involvement of Deep Ocean Search personal & technologies
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DOS are delighted to announce that Endurance has been found. This from DOS’s Head of Operations Nicolas Vincent: “This has been the most complex subsea project ever undertaken, with several world records achieved to ensure the safe detection of Endurance. State of the art of subsea technologies have been deployed to achieve this successful outcome…
Deep Ocean Search LTD are pleased to announce that their technical and managerial team are now in Cape Town for the mobilisation of the polar research vessel S.A. Agulhas II, which will take the expedition to search for the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s vessel, Endurance. The expedition is organised and funded by The Falklands…
DOS has been contracted by CALADAN OCEANIC to supply and integrate a Full-Ocean-Depth (FOD) side scan sonar. After a successful campaign of hyperbaric tests conducted under DNV supervision, this unique 11000m rated side scan sonar will be installed on FOD submersible DSV Limiting Factor. DOS will also supply software suite and specific trainings to Caladan…
Deep Ocean Search (DOS) are delighted to announce their involvement in Endurance22 expedition. DOS are providing Project Management and Engineering support for the expedition. In addition, DOS will be sending a team of experienced personnel on board the vessel Aghulas II in order to assist in the finding of Shackleton’s ship Endurance. Further announcements will…
IXBlue delivers DriX certifications to DOS personnel. DOS is delighted to announce that staff members have been certified by IXBLUE as DriX Pilots, operators and supervisors. Our qualified team of hydrographers and geophysicists are therefore able to support companies who rent or buy DriX USV systems. Our team can provide support for each step of…
The company is now in its 11th year of operations! We’ve had the tremendous good fortune to have a dedicated and loyal team with us during this period (engineers, surveyors, geophysicists, scientists, researchers, pilots etc.) as well as great partners and associates who have shared this adventure with us. We attach here some photos illustrating…
A Project Supported by Deep Ocean Search Ltd Kevin James is a friend of one of DOS’s management and is a diving instructor living in the Bahamas. Like most of DOS’s personnel who are divers, Kevin knows that being underwater in a attractive environment can be a very relaxing experience. As he is ex UK military,…
DOS are pleased to confirm their involvement in the finding of the French submarine La Minerve, which was lost in off Toulon, France. The diesel submarine La Minerve was on a military exercise when it disappeared in January 1968. Repeated searches have failed to find the vessel until now. In collaboration with SHOM (French navy hydrographic…
The end of search for Endurance has been announced on Weddell Sea Expedition Website. Abstract: “Following pioneering Antarctic scientific research, Expedition reaches wreck site, but deteriorating weather and ice conditions force searchers to abandon quest for now The Weddell Sea Expedition, which conducted a highly successful multi-disciplinary scientific research programme in Antarctica, has been forced…
Weddell Sea Expedition 2019: “Reach The World” educational program introduces DOS offshore management team onboard S.A. Agulhas II. Holly Ewart takes us into the Online Room on the S.A. Agulhas in the Weddell Sea to meet the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) team. Channing Thomas, the team leader from Ocean Infinity, describes what an AUV is,…
Deep Ocean Search (DOS) are delighted to announce their involvement in the 2019 Weddell Sea Expedition. DOS were chosen by Maritime Archaeology Consultants to provide specialist personnel to this expedition to conduct under-ice science missions and, ice cover permitting, to search for the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance, which sank after being crushed…
Ocean Infinity confirms that it has found ARA San Juan, the Argentine Navy submarine which was lost on 15 November 2017. In the early hours of 17 November, after two months of seabed search, Ocean Infinity located what has now been confirmed as the wreckage of the ARA San Juan. The submarine was found in…
DOS is working with Ocean Infinity on the seabed search for the lost submarine ARA San Juan (S-42) which disappeared off the East coast of Argentina. ARA San Juan (S-42) is a TR-1700-class diesel-electric submarine which has been in service with the Argentine Navy since 19 November 1985. In early November 2017, she was part of a navy exercise…
On the 29/05/2018, Ocean Infinity officialy announced the end of search operations for the missing flight MH370. During this mission, 112,000 km2 of seabed imagery was collected by Ocean Infinity’s AUV fleet, then carefully processed and analysed by Deep Ocean Search specialists over 3 months of operational days onboard R/V Seabed Constructor. DOS provided a…
DOS release footage of the British ocean liner R.M.S Orcades RMS Orcades, 23, 456 tons, was an ocean liner and a cruise ship belonging to the Orient Line. She was on a voyage from Capetown to Liverpool, unescorted, in October 1942. She carried 741 passengers, 290 crew, 36 gunners, transporting 3000 tons of mixed cargo and…
DOS releases new footage of the S.S. City Of Cairo HD video footage of the wreck S.S. City Of Cairo, laying at 5150m. She was discovered by Deep Ocean Search in 2012. The SS City of Cairo (Captain William Rogerson) was a mixed cargo and passenger ship belonging to Ellerman Lines and was on a voyage…
DOS is working with Ocean Infinity on the seabed search for the lost flight MH370 Boeing 777 aircraft which disappeared off the West coast of Australia. DOS provides a number of their key personnel to this operation including an offshore manager (Client Representative), a senior sonar analyst (Target Master) and 4 surveyors. DOS personnel have…
DOS have supplied ATSB with MS804 example-data to assist MH370 search With the agreement of the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority and the French Safety Investigation Authority (BEA), DOS have supplied the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) with side scan sonar data of the MS804 crash site in order to assist with the on-going MH370 search.
DOS announces the departure of Research Vessel John Lethbridge It is with regret that DOS announces the departure of our vessel John Lethbridge which has been the home for our survey and marine teams for the last 6 years. She has taken us safely and without breakdown across the Atlantic several times and has ranged…
Egyptair flight MS804 – Press Release #2 Following the announcement by Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation and French BEA, DOS ltd confirms the recovery of both MS804’s black boxes: the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) on the 16th of June 2016 and the Flight Data Recorder on the 17th of June 2016. At this moment, DOS…
Flight Egyptair MS804 – Press Release #1 Thank you for your interest for DOS ltd. Following the announcement by Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation and French BEA, DOS ltd confirms the discovery of Flight MS804 wreckage site(s). At the moment, DOS ltd is not authorized to supply any pictures, videos, chart and/or positions linked with…
MH370 – frequently asked questions about DOS MH370 could potentially be in a water depth of 6000 meters. Does DOS have full ocean depth capability? Our deep tow side scan sonar Mak-ix and our ROV Comanche are both rated to 6,000m. Both assets have worked continuously for extended periods at depths down to 5,900m. What…
Deepest salvage of cargo from a shipwreck! DOS world record for the deepest salvage of cargo from a shipwreck has been published on Guinness website. Abstract: The British passenger steamship SS City of Cairo was torpedoed on 6 November 1942 by a German submarine and sank with the loss of 104 lives. In April 2015, it was…
Wreck S.S. City Of Cairo – World record salvage at 5150m! Under contract to the UK Ministry of Transport, DOS recovered close to a hundred tons of silver coins from steam ship City Of Cairo laying at a depth of 5150m – a world depth record. The SS City of Cairo (Captain William Rogerson) was…
DOS announce finding the British liner R.M.S. Orcades The Malaysian Government recently announced that Deep Ocean Search Limited (DOS) and Ixblue were to be awarded a search contract for MH370 to deploy DOS’s survey vessel John Lethbridge and its comprehensive ultra deep water assets and experienced personnel. DOS’s team have unique experience of the work…
DOS announces finding the steam ship City Of Cairo. The SS City of Cairo (Captain William Rogerson) was a mixed cargo and passenger ship belonging to Ellerman Lines and was on a voyage from Bombay to England, via Cape Town and Recife, Brazil, unescorted, in late 1942. She carried 296 souls of which 136 were…