Fathom Z

Concept Innovation

Today’s commercial subs are very inconvenient and very expensive to operate. Having only limited range and virtually no sea keeping capability, they require a vessel for their transport and, once in the water, for their support. This support costs tens of thousands of dollars per day. It increases logistic complexity and is slow to implement, resulting in a very limited demand and a very limited number of ways that they can be used.

Hyper-Submersible powerboats solve these problems by eliminating the need for transport/support vessels. Hyper-subs are craft that will have excellent sea keeping characteristics, high surface speed and long range but are also very capable submersibles.

Hyper-Sub Design Advantages

Surface speed

• Shallow draft and high power to weight ratio allows for the utilization of a planing hull.
  

Long surface range

• Large fuel storage capacity
  

Rough weather capable

• Sealed hull prevents flooding by wave action
• Passenger cabin provides significantly more safety since it is a pressure hull
  

Self contained

• On board systems recharge air and batteries after each dive allowing Hyper-Subs to remain deployed as long as fuel allows
  

Expanded Submersible Capabilities

• Large variable displacement allows for a high degree of flexibility in payload volume and weight
  

Hyper-subs only require fuel, the turn of a key and a destination in order to be deployed and then utilized, in their submersible role

Historic Economical Impact

• Because Hyper-Subs eliminate the need for the cumbersome and expensive transport/support vessel system, they will significantly impact the “when, where, and how” considerations of submersible ownership and/or use.
• This revolutionary affordability will allow for Hyper-Subs to be constantly deployed (verses seldom/reluctantly deployed) and will allow for them to be used in many other ways that would not have been reasonable to consider before.
  

Fathom hyper-submersible powerboats will be the world’s first, “deploy from the dock” production submersibles and they will revolutionize the sub-surface industry as we now know it.