&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Mir_front.jpg) Mir being lowered into the water by the crane on Akademik Mstislav Keldysh
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| History | |
|---|---|
  Russia | |
| Name | Mir |
| Builder | Rauma-Repola Oceanics / Lokomo, Finland |
| Completed | 1987 |
| Decommissioned | 2017 |
| In service | 1987 |
| Status | Laid Up |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Deep-submergence vehicle |
| Displacement | 18.6 tons |
| Length | 7.8 m (26 ft) |
| Beam | 3.6 m (12 ft) |
| Draft | 3.0 m (9.8 ft) |
| Installed power | 9 kW electric motor |
| Speed | 5 kn |
| Test depth | 6,000 m (20,000 ft) |
| Complement | 3 |
Mir (Russian: Мир, lit. 'world, peace') was a class of two self-propelled deep-submergence vehicles. The project was initially developed by the USSR Academy of Sciences (now the Russian Academy of Sciences) along with Lazurit Central Design Bureau, and two vehicles were ordered from Finland. The Mir-1 and Mir-2, delivered in 1987, were designed and built by the Finnish company Rauma-Repola's Oceanics subsidiary. The project was carried out under the supervision of constructors and engineers of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology.