Australian Submarine Rescue Vehicle Remora

The Australian Submarine Rescue Vehicle "Remora" (ASRV "Remora") is a Remotely Operated Rescue Vehicle which has been operated by the Royal Australian Navy in support of the Royal Australian Navy Submarine Service since 1995. The ASRV "Remora" is a 16.5 tonne submersible and has the capacity to carry seven people (one operator and six survivors) and operate at depths of over 500 meters. The ASRV "Remora" is air transportable in C-130 Hercules transport aircraft and can deploy anywhere in Australia within 36 hours.

In December 2006 two civilian contractors were trapped in "Remora" for 15 hours following a failure of the submarine's winching recovery system during an exercise. [cite web|url=http://www.defence.gov.au/media/DepartmentalTpl.cfm?CurrentId=6223|title=www.defence.gov.au/media/DepartmentalTpl.cfm?CurrentId=6223 ] "Remora" was left on the seabed following this accident and was not recovered until April 2007. [cite web|url=http://www.defence.gov.au/media/DepartmentalTpl.cfm?CurrentId=6603|title=www.defence.gov.au/media/DepartmentalTpl.cfm?CurrentId=6603 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.navy.gov.au/Submarine_Rescue_Vehicle Royal Australian Navy website page on the Remora]
* [http://www.idpm.biz/downloads/Remora_Fact_Sheet.pdf Remora fact sheet]