ST. PETERSBURG. Nov 8 (Interfax-AVN) - The Admiralty Shipyards and the Navy have successfully completed the first phase of tests of a new deepwater bathyscaph Consul of Project 16811.
"The first phase of tests done in the Baltic Sea has been successful. The second phase will start next year in the Atlantic Ocean," a representative of the Admiralty Shipyards told Interfax.
The tests verified "the operation of all systems of the bathyscaph," he said.
The first test of the bathyscaph, which may work at the depth of 6,000 meters, took place last fall. The Navy will be the main client, while the Natural Resources and Ecology Ministry will have access to the bathyscaph as well.
Malakhit, which designed the bathyscaph, said that serial production of Consul and Rus apparatuses was not planned.