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- ↑ Department of Fisheries and Oceans. "CCG Fleet: Vessel Details - CCGS JOHN CABOT". Government of Canada. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ↑ Helen Regan; Adam Renton; Rob Picheta; Aditi Sangal; Elise Hammond; Matt Meyer; Tori B. Powell; Maureen Chowdhury (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.
- ↑ Bill Glover (9 April 2021). "CCGS John Cabot / CS Certamen". Atlantic Cable: History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications.
- ↑ Rebecca Sayce (21 June 2023). "What is the deepest undersea rescue ever and how does it compare to missing Titanic sub?". London, UK: Metro.
