The Minerva was found on July 21, 2019 at 6:05 p.m.
After an initial 2-week search by IFREMER at the beginning of July 2019, the search will be continued by teams from the American company Ocean Infinity, which discovered the ARA San Juan six months earlier.
The company's technology is particularly advanced. After 3 days, the wreck was discovered on 21 July 2019 at 6pm at a depth of 2,300 m, 45 km south of Toulon.
IFREMER and Ocean Infinity
The French company IFREMER began its research on July 4, 2019, and investigated 30 km2 in 2 weeks.
His spending plan does not allow him to continue and it is the company “ Ocean Infinity ” which takes over.
The latter sent its ship “Seabed Constructor” to the area, the same one that had helped find the Argentinian submarine ARA San Juan, 6 months earlier, after a year of searching.
She began her investigations on July 17, 2019 and returned to the Minerve on July 21.
This commercial video in English, from the company Ocean Infinity, presents the Seabed Constructor. For non-English speakers it includes some sequences that allow you to see how this ship works.
The presence of the letters MIN on the debris of the massif eliminated any doubt that could have arisen about the identity of the wreck.
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