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Triton, Griffon & underwater work

Triton was a French Navy vessel dedicated to underwater research and diving operations. It supported divers using a diving bell and carried the small submersible Griffon for underwater observation and exploration. Dynamic positioning helped the vessel maintain its position and heading during these operations, limiting movement that could strain the bell’s suspension cable and the divers’ umbilicals. I served aboard Triton from 1989 to 1991.

JFCF · English narration · Educational schematics
Archive photographs in the film: apatride.ovh. McCann is a separate rescue-chamber chapter, not equipment claimed aboard Triton.

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Sources & historical limits

Evidence, onboard recollections and illustrative geometry are distinct. The earlier V2 source notes below concern the same models; the current film includes English narration.