Triton Submarines
American company that designs and manufactures private submersibles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Triton Submarines is an American company that designs and manufactures submersibles for research, filming, deep-ocean exploration, and the superyacht and high-end tourism sectors.
Industry | Submarine manufacturing |
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Founded | 2008 [1] |
Founders | L. Bruce Jones, Patrick Lahey |
Headquarters | , United States |
Products | Commercial and personal submarines |
Number of employees | 50 (2020) |
Subsidiaries | Triton Submarines EMEA S.L. (Barcelona, Spain) |
Website | https://tritonsubs.com/ |
Footnotes / references [2][3] |
Triton is a bespoke manufacturer and, as of August 2023, fewer than twenty-five submersibles have been delivered since the company's founding.[4]
Submersibles are built-to-order, with the company historically delivering 1 to 2 subs per year.[5] Triton indicates that current build capacity allows for up to four subs to be manufactured simultaneously and the company has announced plans to expand capacity further.
Triton submersibles cost between five and forty million US Dollars.[5]