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- 1 2 Department of Fisheries and Oceans. "CCG Fleet: Vessel Details - CCGS John Cabot". Government of Canada. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ↑ Regan, Helen; Renton, Adam; Picheta, Rob; Sangal, Aditi; Hammond, Elise; Meyer, Matt; Powell, Tori B.; Chowdhury, Maureen (23 June 2023). "Missing Titanic sub crew killed after 'catastrophic implosion'". CNN.
- ↑ Maritime History Archive (2005). ""John Cabot" (Ship) at St. John's, Newfoundland". Maritime History Archive Public Photo Catalogue. Memorial University. PF-055.2-D40.
- ↑ Glover, Bill (9 April 2021). "CCGS John Cabot / CS Certamen". Atlantic Cable: History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications.
- ↑ Sayce, Rebecca (21 June 2023). "What is the deepest undersea rescue ever and how does it compare to missing Titanic sub?". Metro. London, UK.
