The ''Shinkai 6500'' (しんかい) is a crewed research submersible that can dive up to a depth of . It was completed in 1990 and had the greatest depth range of any crewed research vehicle in the world until June 19, 2012, when its record was beaten by ''

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'', which dived at . The ''Shinkai 6500'' is owned and run by the

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(JAMSTEC) and it is launched from the support vessel ''Yokosuka''. Two pilots and one researcher operate within a titanium pressure hull with an internal diameter of . Buoyancy is provided by syntactic foam. Three 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.

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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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