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Akademik Mstislav Keldysh
| Type: | Ship |
| Description: | The R/V Akademik Mstislav Keldysh is a 6,240 ton Russian scientific research vessel, owned by the Moscow-based Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Science. It usually has 90 people onboard (45 crew members, 20 or more pilots, engineers and technicians, 10 to 12 scientists and about 12 passengers). Among its special accommodations are 17 laboratories and a library. The ship was built in Rauma, Finland by Hollming OY for the Soviet Academy of Sciences and completed on December 28, 1980. It started operations on March 15, 1981 for the Soviet Union. The MIR submersibles were added to her equipment in 1987. (From Wikipedia) |