Bismarck Expeditions
Worlds Deepest Diving Manned Submersibles
Mir I and Mir II (Russia) | ||
Designers: | Rauma-Repola Oy., Finland | |
P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia | ||
Builder: | Rauma-Repola Oy., Finland | |
Owner: | P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia | |
Start of construction: | May 1985 | |
Commissioning: | December 1987 | |
Overhulling: | 1994 | |
Ocean trials (depth): | MIR I | 6.170 meters |
MIR II | 6.120 meters | |
Operating depth: | 6.000 meters | |
Crew: | 3 | |
Power Supply: | Nickel Cd batteries (oilfilled) | 100 kWh |
DC-AC Inverter N1 | 12 kWh | |
DC-AC Inverter N2 | 5 kWh | |
Life support | 246 man/hours | |
Maximum speed | 5 knots | |
Pressure hull: | Material | Ni steel |
Diameter of main sphere | 2,1 meters | |
Viewports | Central: 200 mm diameter | |
Side: 2 X 120 mm | ||
Dimensions: | Length | 7,8 meters |
Width | 3,6 meters | |
Height | 3,0 meters | |
Trusters: | Main hydraulic - Stern | 9 kW |
Side (hydraulic) | 2 X 2.5 kW | |
Ballast: | Air-soft-tanks (water-air blow) | 1500 kgf |
Variable (water) | 999 kgf | |
High pressure pump 1 | 10 l/min on 6000 meters | |
High pressure pump 2 | 3 l/min on 6000 meters | |
Trim | Water (forward AFT - spheres) + 25 degrees | |
Dry weight | 18,6 t | |
Emergency system: | Nickel drop shots (electr.hold) | 350 kg |
Emergency life support system jettisonable: manipulators, trusters, low battery box, rescue buoy etc. | ||
Hydraulic systems: | One | 12 kW |
Two | 5 kW | |
Three (emergency) | 0,5 kW | |
Navigation systems: | LBL Acoustic positioning | |
Gyro compass | ||
Long distance sonar-echo-sounder | 1000 meters | |
Speed log | ||
Observation: | Acoustic imaging sonar | 250 meters |
TV-cameras | PAL, NTSC | |
Still-cameras | 35 mm - 70 mm | |
HMI lights | 4 X 1200 W | |
Halogen lights | ||
Payload: | 250 kg | |
Research: | Data acquisition system | 12 external sensors |
Two identical hydraulic manipulators | 7 degrees of freedom | |
Slup gun, geological tubes, biological nets, water bottles | ||
Communication: | UQC telephone, VHF radio etc. | |
Beam (with side thrusters): | 3,8 meters | |
Mother Ship: | R/V Akademik Mstislav Keldysh | |
Home port: | Kaliningrad, Russia |
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