3-667: The FNRS-3 or FNRS III is a bathyscaphe of the French Navy . It is currently preserved at Toulon . She set world depth records, competing against a more refined version of her design, the Trieste . The French Navy eventually replaced her with the bathyscaphe FNRS-4 , in the 1960s. After damage to the FNRS-2 during its sea trials in 1948, the Belgian Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS) ran out of funding, and
6-593: The Trieste , by 900 meters. Piccard's record had been set by reaching the floor of the Mediterranean off Naples, a depth of 10,392 feet (3,167 m). The new record set by FNRS-3 was not exceeded until a workup dive by Trieste in 1959, working up to the record shattering Challenger Deep dive. 43°06′13″N 5°55′33″E / 43.103609°N 5.925765°E / 43.103609; 5.925765 Bathyscaphe Too Many Requests If you report this error to
9-531: The submersible was sold to the French Navy, in 1950. She was subsequently substantially rebuilt and improved at Toulon naval base, and renamed FNRS-3 . She was relaunched in 1953, under the command of Georges Houot , a French naval officer. On 15 February 1954, she made a 4,050 metres (13,290 ft) dive 160 miles off Dakar, Senegal , in the Atlantic Ocean, beating the 1953 record of Auguste Piccard , set by
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