Calypso - the iconic ship of the late French marine explorer Jacques Cousteau - will sail again in a few months, its owners have revealed, reports the BBC.
In an online statement, the Cousteau Society said the ship would "be getting a whole new life".
The ship featured in the documentary series The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau in the 1960s and 70s.
It was badly damaged in 1996, when a barge accidentally crashed into it in the port of Singapore.
The Cousteau Society, founded in 1973 by the explorer, announced the ship would be fully refurbished and ready to leave Concarneau's shipyard in "the first trimester of 2016".
"She will be seaworthy and powered by her own two motors, as was Captain Cousteau's wish," the society's president, Francine Cousteau, said.