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==Commercial submersibles== Private firms such as [[Triton Submarines]], LLC. SEAmagine Hydrospace, Sub Aviator Systems (or 'SAS'), and [[Netherlands]]-based U-boat Worx have developed small submersibles for tourism, exploration and adventure travel. A Canadian company in [[British Columbia]] called Sportsub has been building personal recreational submersibles since 1986 with open-floor designs (partially flooded cockpits).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/outdoors/recreation/boating/4298521 |title=3 Contenders in the Race for the Perfect Personal Submarine |author=Jeff Wise |date=18 December 2009 |work=Popular Mechanics |access-date=26 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525085104/http://www.popularmechanics.com/outdoors/recreation/boating/4298521 |archive-date=25 May 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emirates247.com/lifestyle/living/uae-firms-residents-take-fancy-to-1m-mini-submersible-2011-11-26-1.430079 |title=UAE firms, residents take fancy to $1m mini-submersible |author=Parag Deulgaonkar |date=26 November 2011 |work=Emirates 24/7 |access-date=26 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/business/02yacht.html |title=For the Yachting Class, the Latest Amenity Can Take Flight |author=Jonathan Tagliabue |date=2 October 2007 |work=New York Times |access-date=26 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204002934/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/business/02yacht.html |archive-date=4 February 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gizmag.com/u-boat-worx-submarine-charters/19936/ |title=U-Boat Worx makes its mini-submersibles available for private charter |author=Ben Coxworth |date=10 October 2011 |work=GizMag |access-date=26 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127204937/http://www.gizmag.com/u-boat-worx-submarine-charters/19936/ |archive-date=27 November 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> A privately owned U.S. company, [[OceanGate]], also participated in building submersibles, though the company fell under scrutiny when their newest submersible [[Titan submersible implosion|imploded underwater]] with no survivors.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/debris-from-missing-titanic-submersible-found-passengers-presumed-dead-184186949947|title=Debris from missing Titanic submersible found, passengers presumed dead|work=NBC News}}</ref>
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