Bismarck - Bismarck Expeditions - General Information

General Information
Until August 2002 five Bismarck expeditions have taken place. The first one was in 1989 when Robert D. Ballard found the wreck. Since then 2 expeditions has been made in 2001 and two expeditions has been made in 2002. Of the five expeditions two expeditions have used ROV (Remoted Operational Vehicle) equipment only to film the wreck and three expeditions have used manned submersibles to visit and film the wreck. As for now no further expeditions has been planned to the wreck of the Bismarck (August 2002).
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Expedition Leader	Surface Vessel	Research Equipment

Robert Druce Ballard	Star Hercules	ROV Argo
Expedition Information
Deep Ocean Expeditions
Expedition Leader	Surface Vessel	Research Equipment

Mike McDowell	R/V Akademik Mstislav Keldysh	The Submersibles Mir I and Mir II
Expedition Information	Technical Details	Technical Details
Bluewater Recoveries for Channel 4/ITN Factual
Expedition Leader	Surface Vessel	Research Equipment

David Mearns	M/V Northern Horizon	ROV Magellan
Expedition Information	Technical Details
Earthship TV for Discovery Channel and IMAX
Expedition Leader	Surface Vessel	Research Equipment

James Cameron	R/V Akademik Mstislav Keldysh	The Submersibles Mir I and Mir II
Expedition Information	Technical Details	Technical Details
Deep Ocean Expeditions
Expedition Leader	Surface Vessel	Research Equipment

Mike McDowell	R/V Akademik Mstislav Keldysh	The Submersibles Mir I and Mir I
Expedition Information	Technical Details	Technical Details