- Source: DSV Shinkai 6500
The Shinkai 6500 (しんかい) is a crewed research submersible that can dive up to a depth of 6,500 metres (21,300 ft). It was completed in 1990. The Shinkai 6500 is owned and run by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) and it is launched from the support vessel Yokosuka.
Two pilots and one researcher operate within a 73.5 mm-thick (2.89 in) titanium pressure hull with an internal diameter of 2.0 metres (6 ft 7 in). Buoyancy is provided by syntactic foam.
Three 14 cm (5.5 in) methacrylate resin view ports are arranged at the front and on each side of the vehicle.
A Lego set based on the submersible was created through the Lego Cuusoo website.
References
External links
Media related to Shinkai 6500 (submarine, 1989) at Wikimedia Commons
JAMSTEC Shinkai 6500 page
On June 23, 2013, the world's first live broadcast from 5,000 metres deep was carried out by the Shinkai 6500
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