Alcyone (1985 ship)

Turbosail ship Alcyone in harbour
History
France
Name	Alcyone
Namesake	Alcyone
Owner	Cousteau Society
Port of registry	La Rochelle,  France
Builder	Ateliers & Chantiers La Rochelle Pallice
Yard number	1238
Launched	1985[1]
Completed	1985
Homeport	Concarneau, Brittany, France[2]
Identification	Call sign: FIOX IMO number: 8412833 MMSI number: 226195000
General characteristics
Type	Research ship
Length	103 ft (31.4 m)[1]
Beam	29 ft (8.8 m)[1]
Draught	7 ft 8 in (2.3 m)[1]
Sail plan	Turbosail 226 sq ft (21.0 m2) surface area[1]
Speed	10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph)[1]
Crew	12[1]

Alcyone is a ship launched at La Rochelle in 1985 for the Cousteau Society. Alcyone was created as an expedition ship and to test the operation of a new kind of marine propulsion system, the turbosail. Alcyone's two turbosails augment its diesel engines. Since the accidental sinking of Calypso, Alcyone has been the Cousteau Society's expedition vessel.

• John Denver wrote a short song called "Alcyone The Wind" as a tribute to Alcyone. The song was sung in the 1993 documentary Secret Societies of Dolphins and Whales.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to IMO 8412833.

• Cousteau Society's ship page for the Alcyone
• Jean-Charles Nahon (Naval Architect Bureau Mauric) and Bernard Deguy (First captain of Alcyone): Experience with sail assisted propulsion: the Alcyone (presentation slides, 2013. PDF, 13 MB)
• Description of Turbosail
• "Description of Turbosail" (PDF). Cousteau Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27.

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