Victor 6000

Victor 6000 is a deep-water remotely operated vehicle operated by the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea. In service since 1999, it can reach depths up to.

Design

Victor 6000 is a remotely operated underwater vehicle that weighs and measures long, high, and wide. It is capable of reaching depths of. Victor 6000 is controlled and powered via a cable that connects it to its host ship, but can operate autonomously for 100 hours.

Operational history

From 30 April to 3 June 2002, Victor 6000, aboard the IFREMER research ship, participated in the PHARE oceanographic campaign and featured in a documentary about the expedition by.
The fauna on display in the Abyss Box pressurised deep sea tank at Oceanopolis aquarium in Brest since 2012 were collected by Victor 6000.
During a scientific expedition with the IFREMER research ship in November 2020, Victor 6000 was used to discover a SNCASE Aquilon jet fighter-bomber, missing since 1960, at a depth of to the south of Porquerolles, France.
In 2023, Victor 6000 and Atalante were used in a rescue attempt in the search for the Titan submersible.