Calypso fascinated generations of children who all, at one time or another, dreamed of joining a Cousteau expedition. This dream will become a reality with Calypso II, in its role as an environmental observatory. On board, satellite transmission to the Internet will let people follow expeditions directly.

RV Calypso is a former British Royal Navy minesweeper converted into a research vessel for the oceanographic researcher Jacques Cousteau, equipped with a mobile laboratory for underwater field research. She was severely damaged in 1996 and was planned to undergo a complete refurbishment in 2009–2011 that has not been accomplished.

The turbosail was first developed in a large scale application by Jacques-Yves Cousteau who commissioned the Alcyone to test the concept in production. The larger Calypso II was also designed to use a turbosail, but that design was not built.

Surnommé « Calypso II » ou « Flying Calypso » il est entièrement réaménagé et équipé pour l'exploration océanographique, et utilisé en particulier par son fils Philippe Cousteau dans le cadre du tournage de la filmographie de Jacques-Yves Cousteau et de L'Odyssée sous-marine de l'équipe Cousteau.

La Calypso II est un projet de navire océanographique de l' Équipe Cousteau. Ce bateau était censé remplacer la Calypso mais n'a jamais été construit. Le projet a en effet été stoppé à la mort du commandant Cousteau en 1997, en raison de son coût estimé à 300 millions de francs (47,5 millions d'euros).

As part of Calypso’s rebirth, the Cousteau Society aims to restore all of the legendary ship’s equipment that allowed Captain Cousteau to accomplish his mission for the world’s oceans. The restoration will include the Captain’s technical inventions which left their mark on the history of underwater exploration.

2016年1月11日 · The Cousteau Society, custodian of oceanographer Jacques Cousteau's legacy and the owner of the Calypso, his famous research vessel, have announced that they have secured the means to...

In Malta, Jacques-Yves Cousteau discovered a former Royal Navy mine-sweeper that had been converted to a ferry and named Calypso. The ship was christened in 1942 but her first prosaic name, J-826, belied the exceptional life she would lead.

The Cousteau Society and its French counterpart, l'Équipe Cousteau, both of which Jacques-Yves Cousteau founded, are still active today. The Society is currently attempting to turn the original Calypso into a museum and it is raising funds to build a successor vessel, the Calypso II .

2009年2月24日 · The Calypso was in service under the watch of Jacques Cousteau until it was struck by a barge and sunk in 1996. After being raised the Calypso returned to France. By the end of 1997 Cousteau was dead and the fate of Calypso would be unknown until October 2007. On October 10th the Calypso began its journey to a ship yard in Concarneau.