DSV Shinkai
The Shinkai (しんかい) is a manned research submersible that can dive up to a depth of 600 m. It was completed in 1970, and until 1981 it had the greatest depth range of any manned research vehicle in Japan. The Shinkai is owned and run by the Japan Coast Guard and it is launched from the support vessel Otomemaru (乙女丸).
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| Name: | Shinkai |
| Builder: | Kawasaki Heavy IndustriesKobe shipyard |
| Laid down: | 1968 |
| Launched: | 1970 |
| Sponsored by: | Japan Coast Guard |
| Completed: | 1970 |
| Acquired: | 1970 |
| Commissioned: | 1970 |
| Decommissioned: | 1977 |
| Maiden voyage: | 1970 |
| In service: | 1970 |
| Out of service: | 1976 |
| Fate: | Preserved at Kure Maritime Museum |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Deep-submergence vehicle |
| Tonnage: | 91ｔ |
| Length: | 16.5 m (54 ft) |
| Beam: | 6.6 m (22 ft) |
| Draft: | 5.0 m (16.4 ft) |
| Installed power: | electric motor |
| Speed: | 2.2 knots (4.1 km/h; 2.5 mph) |
| Endurance: | 10h |
| Test depth: | 600 m (2,000 ft) |
| Complement: | 4 |
Rear view of Shinkai
Two pilots and two researcher operate within two high-strength low-alloy steel pressure hull.
Three methacrylate resin view ports are arranged at the front and on each side of the vehicle.
See also
- DSV Shinkai 2000
- DSV Shinkai 6500 – Japanese manned research submersible that can dive up to a depth of 6,500 metres
- Archimède – French Navy bathyscaphe
- FNRS-2 – The first bathyscaphe
- FNRS-3 – Bathyscaphe of the French Navy
- Bathyscaphe – Free-diving self-propelled deep-sea submersible
- Deepsea Challenger – Deep-diving submersible designed to reach the bottom of Challenger Deep
References
External links
- HU-06 SHINKAI page
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