Victor 6000

Victor 6000 is controlled and powered via a 8.5 km (5.3 mi) cable that connects it to its host ship, but can operate autonomously for 100 hours.

[1][2] From 30 April to 3 June 2002, Victor 6000, aboard the IFREMER research ship Atalante  [fr; de; el], participated in the PHARE (Peuplements hydrothermaux, leurs associations et relations avec l'environnement) oceanographic campaign and featured in a documentary about the expedition by Jean-François Ternay [fr].

[3] The fauna on display in the Abyss Box pressurised deep sea tank were collected by Victor 6000.

[4] During a scientific expedition with the IFREMER research ship Pourquoi Pas?

in November 2020, Victor 6000 was used to discover a SNCASE Aquilon jet fighter-bomber, missing since 1960, at a depth of 2,400 m (7,900 ft) to the south of Porquerolles, France.

A 1 ⁄ 10 scale model of Victor 6000 at the Musée national de la Marine
Atalante in 2004