submarine

San Francisco Bay - With the Maltese Falcon anchored in the distance, its owner Tom Perkins was across the bay looking at an entirely different vessel:  his new private submarine, which was about to be tested.  At the Docks outside the Bay Area design facility of Hawkes Ocean Technologies (known for its Deep Flight performance submarines, including Deep Flight Challenger, built for adventurer Steve Fossett to dive the Mariana Trench), a strange underwater craft emerged from a basement lair, and YachtPals was there for exclusive coverage of the test

Yorkshire, UK - In a final attempt to locate the wreck of the Bonhomme Richard, the US Navy is sending in its smallest nuclear-powered submarine. The 150ft NR1, which played a part in salvaging wreckage from the space shuttle Challenger in 1986 will arrive next week off the east coast of Yorkshire.