Alcyone (1985 ship)

Experimental turbosail ship

For other ships with the same name, see Alcyone (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.

## Alcyone in popular culture

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* 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.

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g "Alcyone and Turbosail" (PDF). toledoseaport.org. 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.[permanent dead link]
2. ^ "Alcyone". cousteau.org. 2014. Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2014.

## External links

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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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Films directed|

* The Silent World (1956)
* World Without Sun (1964)
* Voyage to the Edge of the World (1976)

Other works|

* The Silent World (1953 book)
* The Golden Fish (1959 film produced)
* The Ocean World of Jacques Cousteau (1973–1978 encyclopedia)
* The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau (1976 television series)

Expedition ships|

* RV Calypso
* Alcyone

Concepts and designs|

* Aqua-Lung
* Calypso camera
* Continental Shelf Station Two
* Deep Star 4000
* SP-350 Denise
* Turbosail

Works about|

* "Calypso" (1975 song)
* Cries from the Deep (1982 documentary)
* The Odyssey (2016 biopic)
* Becoming Cousteau (2021 documentary)

Tributes|

* En attendant Cousteau (1990 album)
* The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004 film)
* Mission 31 (2014 expedition)

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