&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Rotorship_Alcyone_in_harbour.jpg) Turbosail ship Alcyone in harbour
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| History | |
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 France | |
| Name | Alcyone |
| Namesake | Alcyone |
| Owner | Cousteau Society |
| Port of registry | La Rochelle,  France |
| Builder | Ateliers & Chantiers La Rochelle Pallice |
| Yard number | 1238 |
| Launched | 1985[1] |
| Completed | 1985 |
| Homeport | Concarneau, Brittany, France[2] |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Research ship |
| Length | 103 ft (31.4 m)[1] |
| Beam | 29 ft (8.8 m)[1] |
| Draught | 7 ft 8 in (2.3 m)[1] |
| Sail plan | |
| Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph)[1] |
| Crew | 12[1] |
Alcyone is a ship launched at La Rochelle in 1985 for the Cousteau Society. Alcyone was created as an expedition ship and to test the operation of a new kind of marine propulsion system, the turbosail. Alcyone's two turbosails augment its diesel engines. Since the accidental sinking of Calypso, Alcyone has been the Cousteau Society's expedition vessel.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Alcyone and Turbosail" (PDF). toledoseaport.org. 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Alcyone". cousteau.org. 2014. Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2014.