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Lankan-built submarine for tourist activities

A young inventor of Sri Lanka Sudath Sunimal Perera has innovated a concept of a submarine which is ideal to be built in Sri Lanka for tourism activities with an affordable investment of Rs 4 million.

Perera who has already received four patents earlier for his innovations told Daily News Business that Sri Lanka is a country famous for underwater scenic beauty and whale watching in Trincomalee and it has more than six coral reefs covering a sea area of about 306 square kilometres.

These places include famous tourist areas such as Trincomalee, Kirinda, Kalpitiya, Hikkaduwa and Bentota.

He hoped even submarine travel to explore underwater beauty and whales will open a new industry drawing a huge amount of foreign exchange and other benefits to the country.

Perera said the submarine which is being used now costs more than Rs 40 million with a crew capacity of only two compared with six for the new concept. He is awaiting to receive the fifth patent for the new concept and an investor partner to proceed with his innovation.

The proposed submarine can be launched using a very small pier used for launching boats at present and the launching operation will be very simple and needs only one person to assist by the pier side making the facilitation of departure and arrival. It will need the services of a Master who has the competence of a Deck Officer with a Class 3 Certificate and an electrical engineer to look into the affairs related to preventive and corrective maintenance, he said.

Elaborating on the technical details of the concept Perera said the length and width will be 21 and 5 feet respectively and is powered by a battery bank. This submarine can be used to dive to about 300 feet of depth, and the diving period will be about two hours. This low cost technology provides many benefits to the submarine industry.

Perera can be contacted on [email protected]
 

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