MIR-1 submersible

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The MIR was designed by Rauma-Repola Oy, Finland together with the PP Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow, and built by Rauma-Repola, Finland.
Dim. 7.8 x 3.6 x 3.0m., weight 18.600 kg.
Power sources are nickel-cadmium batteries, oil-filled – 100 kW. One stern thruster 9 kW. And two side thrusters each 2.5 kW. Speed5 knots.
Crew 1 pilot and two observers/passengers.
December 1987 completed.

Got an overhaul in 2004.

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The Mir-1 and Mir-2 submersibles were built in 1987 by Finnish firm Rauma-Repola, according to the specifications of the Institute of Oceanography. They can dive up to 6,000 meters, which makes about 98% of the Earth’s sea and lake beds accessible to them. The vehicles are manned by three people each and normally stay underwater for a maximum of 24 hours, although in emergencies there is enough air for three days. The Mirs is 7.8 meters long, 3.8 meters wide, and 3 meters high. They have a maximum speed of 5 knots.
Factbox: The Mir deepwater submarines

By Patrick Phelvin 12:30PM BST 01 Aug 2007

Russia claims the North Pole with Arctic flag stunt
The Russians carried out their historic Arctic dive in two Mir deepwater vehicles.
The submarines use tried and tested technology and have taken part in a number of high profile dives since their launch in 1987.
The Mir 1 and Mir 2 can dive up to 6,000 meters and be built in Finland in a joint Soviet-Finnish project.
They were tested in 1987 in the Atlantic Ocean and dived to depths of 6,170m and 6,120m respectively.
In the past two decades, the craft has made more than 600 dives at different depths.
A number of oceanographic research dives have been made in the Mirs, notably the study of hydrothermal fields in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
The subs have also been used to shoot video of the sunken vessels the SS Titanic - at a depth of 3,800m - and the Bismarck, which lies on the seabed at a depth of 4,670m.
The Mirs were also involved in the operation to recover the Kursk nuclear submarine after it sunk in the Baring Sea.

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