Rolls-Royce is prime contractor for the NATO Submarine
Rescue System (NSRS), for partner nations France, Norway
and the UK, although it will be on standby to assist
any nation. It is scheduled to enter service early this
year.
The Submarine Rescue Vehicle (SRV) is 10m long and can
rescue 15 people per trip
The fully integrated system will be flown out together
with a portable launch and recovery system, and fitted
onto a suitable ship near the incident.
It comprises a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) that
locates the distressed submarine and establishes radio
contact, the larger manned Submarine Rescue Vehicle
(SRV) that docks with the submarine to rescue the crew
(15 at a time), and aboard the mother-ship, a decompression
system capable of treating up to 83 rescuees simultaneously.
It also has its own detachable pod to transport out
any seriously injured.
Features and benefits
- Based on proven commercial technology
- Innovative diver-less recovery – to sea-state
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- Fibre-optic umbilical – excellent communications
- Air deployable by C130 or A400M
- Designed to ASMEIII
- Rapid reaction to submarine emergency
- Deployed from HM Naval Base Clyde
The system, which will be based at Her Majesty's Naval
Base, Clyde in Scotland will be operated and maintained
by Rolls-Royce for ten years.
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