FIGURE 2. TAURUS. A NEW GENERATION SUBMERSIBLE FROM INTERNATIONAL HYDRODYNAMICS CO. LTD

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FIGURE 2 TAUFIUS
a new generation submersible
from
International Hydrodynamics Company Ltd. (HYCO)
Following on the success of the world renowned PISCES series of work
submersibles, HYCO now introduces TAURUS with a much expanded capability.
TAURUS offers:
? DRY TRANSFER INTO SUBSEA CHAMBERS
? DIVER LOCK-OUT
? TWO TON PAYLOAD
? UP TO 2,000 FT. WORKING DEPTH
?. SUBMARINE RESCUE CAPABILITY
Aimed mainly at the offshore petroleum industry but also having military uses
TAURUS is the result of more than three years work by HYCO's design and manufacturing
organization which has built thirteen submersibles to date, all of which are presently
operational. Seven of these submersibles are based in the North Sea offshore area. The
reliability and advanced design of HYCO's vessels is a result of feedback from HYCO's
wholly owned operating subsidiaries HYCO SUBSEA INC. of Houston, Texas, and HYCO
SUBSEA LTD. of Vancouver, B.C. Canada. The HYCO group is the only organization of its
kind that operates a service using its own designed and built submersibles.
Characteristics of the TAURUS series are as follows:
LENGTH .................. 34 ft. max.
BEAM .................... 13 ft. max.-reducible to 8'6" for shipping.
HEIGHT ................... 12 ft. max.-reducible to 8'6" for shipping.
WEIGHT (dry) .............. 53,000 lb. max.-reducible to 45,000 lbs. for shipping.
WORKING DEPTH ......... 2,000 ft. (max.); 1,100 ft. (min.) dependent on type of steel used in hulls.
VIEWPORTS (External) ...... One 36" I.D. forward.
Five ports in tower with 5" I.D.
One lower aft in command chamber 6" I.D.
HATCH DIAMETER ......... Tower Entry-24.32"
Bulkhead-27"
Dry Transfer (double hatches)-38" major dia.; 35.5" minor dia.
SPEED .................... 3 knots plus-depends on quantity of externally mounted payload.
CREW .................... Pilots-1; Co-Pilots-1 (a relief crew can be accommodated)
LIFE SUPPORT ............ Normal-500 man hours
BATTERY CAPACITY ........ 1,000 amp. hrs. (8 hr. rate) Lead Acid
CARRYING CAPACITY ...... 4,000 lb. distributed between personnel, equipment, etc.
GAS CARRYING CAPACITY . 12,000 Std. Cub. ft. at 2,100 p.s.i. (available for diving mixtures).
DROP WEIGHT ............ 1,000 lb. (movable for fore and aft trim).
PROPULSION ............. 2-5 h.p. thrusters trainable port and starboard.
2-5 h.p. thrusters trainable vert. up and down.
1-5 h.p. bow thruster trainable in horizontal.
MANIPULATORS ........... Supplied to customer's requirements (normal 2).
CERTIFICATION ............ American Bureau of Shipping (A.B.S.) (or to special order).
AVAILABILITY .............. For sale or charter (customer training available).
TAURUS service can be offered through HYCO SUBSEA companies.
Your enquiries are invited. Please contact-
International Hydrodynamics Company Ltd. HYCO Subsea Inc.
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VANCOUVER, B.C. CANADA TEXAS 77092, U.S.A.
Phone: [phone]. Telex: 04-55465 (THINKDEEP VCR) Phnna? (7111 RRR-R'2R7
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nal view of TAURUS engaged in dry transfer of oilmen into a seabed equipment chamber.
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Just prior to diving,, the 31 target envelopes were given
to the pilot of the submersible, who was not otherwise associated with
the experiments. When the craft was at the working. depth of 170 m, the
pilot used a single die to choose six of the 31 envelopes to be used as
the targets for the run. Both subjects (on separate dives) were asked
to register their impressions verbally (tape recorded) and in drawings
of the target location. At the end of each series of six targets, the
taped responses were sealed collectively into large envelopes for later
judging.
5. Experiment (2)--Communications to a Submersible
The undersea communications experiments utilized the remote
viewing phenomenon as an information carrier by preassigning a specific
message to each of a set of six possible remote viewing targets.
(Table 1 shows the message set,) In this protocol, to send a message an
outbound team goes at a prearranged time to the site associated with a
particular message and remains there for 15 minutes. Using the normal
remote viewing protocol, the subject on the submersible is asked to
register his impressions as to where the outbound team may be. At the
conclusion of the sending period, the subject is then asked to choose
from the target set the one that best matches his description. Having
done so, the code book, which contains the target-message code relation-
ship, is consulted to determine the message.
Code
Message
001
Remain submerged for two days
010
Evasive plan six
Oil
Rendezvous at pickup point three
100
Proceed to base one
101
Standby alert on priority targets
110
Launch priority targets
Four trials were planned in accordance with a pre-
arranged time schedule. The first trial aborted because the submersible
did not follow its diving schedule. For the second trial, subject H1
made an effort to determine the message by identifying the corresponding
site. At the appointed time when the submersible was at a depth of 170 m,
in water 340 m deep, H1 was asked to describe his impressions of the
location of the outbound team. (The outbound team had chosen their
location to designate the particular message to be sent.) Having
completed the response, the subject was handed the list of target descrip-
tions and asked to choose which of the six target locations appeared to
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match the description. Once the judging was accomplished, the code
number associated with the target was used to obtain the corresponding
message from the code book. Figure 4 shows the subject's response. The
outbound team was in fact hiding under a large oak tree shown in the
figure. The subject correctly (and extensively) described a large tree,
and also correctly indicated that the experimenters were "cavorting
about" in and near the tree, also correctly describing a drop-off
behind the outbound team. In this experiment the subject correctly
judged the target and was able to choose the correct message from the
code book, 't Rendezvous at Pickup Point Three."
For the third trial, also at a depth of 170 m, subject 11
visualized what appeared to be a grocery store, and therefore could not
choose from among the possibilities in the target list, none of which
contained this possibility.
For the fourth trial, the outbound team went at a pre-
arranged time to one of six possible locations, chosen from a new list.
In this trial (with subject I1) the submersible was on the bottom in
80 m of water. Figure 5 shows the subject's response to the target, a
shopping center. The subject correctly indicated the flat stone flooring,
small pool, reddish stone walk, and people walking around in an enclosed
space. When shown the target list, the subject chose the correct target
and was able to "receive" the codebook message, "Launch Priority Targets."
6. Experiment (3)--Coordinate Remote Viewing of Soviet
Targets from a Submersible
On the basis of a sealed set of coordinates prepared by
the sponsor's technical representative, subject I1, while submerged at
a depth of 170 m, targeted on a Soviet site and rendered a description
(tape recorded verbal response and drawings). The material was sub-
sequently turned over to the sponsor for evaluation.
7. Preliminary Conclusions with Regard to Submersible
Experiments
e Remote viewing appears to be a successful mediator
for a land/submersible communication link.
? The attenuation (at 10 Hz) is 18.7 dB at 170 m [see
Figure 1(a)], to which must be,added the air-surface
reflection loss. Under the least-loss case (near-
grazing TM wave), the air-surface interface adds
another 6.7 dB [Figures 1(d), 1(e), Eq. (1)]. The
results are therefore suggestive that electromagnetic
radiation may not be the mechanism of remote viewing.
However, a definitive test requires a series of
experiments carried out at, say, 1000 m, where 10 Hz
attenuation is 110 dB.
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B. Picture Communication Experiments
In the underwater experiments just described,, we obtained
evidence-that it is possible to transmit a message to a distant person
by coding the message to correspond to one of several preselected remote
locations that may be visited by an outbound experimenter who is to send
a message.
In this second set of experiments we are investigating the
extent to which a message can be communicated by the use of a picture
target instead of a remote geographical location, The first step in
this investigation is to determine whether a subject can reliably
ceive a designated picture in a distant location. If the subject isr
able to describe meaningfully the target picture, then he will be asked
to select the target picture from one of several in a codebook, as in
the underwater experiments.
In our preliminary trials,, a subject (Dl) was asked to describe
each night his impressions of a target picture left in a designated
location. These experiments have now been carried out at distances up
to three thousand km,, with encouraging results. The results of the
first three trials are as follows.
The first target picture chosen by the experimenters was a
photograph of the Cheops pyramid in Egypt. The subject described a
square building in a dry place. He felt that his arms and hands were
being bandaged, and his head and face also. He thought of the word
mummy." The second picture was a painting of a
a window. The subject described seeing a disfigured black man,lgwith of
his face cut in half by something (the window frame). The third picture
shows fishing boats on a Mexican lake. The main elements of the subject's
description were "seafood" and "the ocean."
These pilot experiments were sufficiently encouraging that a
formal series of experiments is planned for the following month in
which message transmission will be attempted.
C. Soviet Target Remote Viewing
The sponsor's technical representative presented to Subject Il
the coordinates of four Soviet sites; the subject while in our laboratory
produced descriptions of these sites via the remote viewing process. The
results have been delivered to and are being evaluated by the sponsor.
III FINANCIAL STATUS
The expenditures are as shown in Figure 6. The program is on
schedule and sufficient funds and subject commitments remain to meet the
objectives of the program.
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