Mir (submersible)

Mir being lowered into the water by the crane on Akademik Mstislav Keldysh
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.