Aston Martin partnered with submarine maker Triton to develop a limited edition submarine known as Project Neptune. The submarine seats 3 people and has a top speed of 5 knots and is expected to cost ~$4 million. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The Triton And Aston Martin Submarine So High Tech It Would Make 007 Blush | Motors | TheSportsman
The US Navy has a tradition that no submarine is ever considered lost at sea. Subs that don’t return, including 52 lost during WWII, are considered “still on patrol.” Every year at Christmas sailors manning communications hubs send holiday greetings to those listed as still on patrol. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://seamussweeney.net/2018/10/18/still-on-patrol/
WWII submarine Captain John P. Cromwell went down with his crippled submarine Sculpin after surfacing and letting crewmembers abandon ship. Cpt Cromwell had knowledge of top secret Allied war plans that the Japanese may have extracted from him if captured. – WTF Fun Facts
Spain’s S-80 submarine program designed subs that were 70 tons too heavy and likely to sink when submerged. The cost to fix it is expected to be ~$9 billion. The problem was traced back to an engineer misplacing a decimal point. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://o.canada.com/news/spain-builds-submarine-70-tons-too-heavy
The UK Royal Navy’s nuclear submarines run on a variant of Windows XP dubbed ‘Windows for Submarines’. Its actual name is Submarine Command System New Generation or ‘SMCS NG’. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/no-trident-doesnt-run-windows-xp/
In 1959, USPS delivery of mail by rocket took place for the first and last time. The USS Barbero, a submarine, fired an unarmed cruise missile carrying ~3,000 pieces of mail as its payload. It took 22 minutes to arrive to Naval Auxiliary Air State in Mayport. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mail-delivery-rocket-never-took-180963557/
In 2020, OceanGate will begin tours of the Titanic via their private submarine Titan at a cost of $125,000 per person. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/worlds-first-deep-diving-submarine-plans-tourists-see-titanic-180972179/
The only underwater submarine vs submarine battle – WTF Fun Fact
