Australian Submarine Rescue Vehicle Remora

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.[1] Remora was left on the seabed following this accident and was not recovered until April 2007.[2]

[edit] External links

• Royal Australian Navy website page on the Remora
• Remora fact sheet

v • d • e Submarines of the Royal Australian Navy Collins class replacement TBA Collins class Collins  · Farncomb  · Waller  · Dechaineux  · Sheean  · Rankin Oberon class Onslow  · Orion  · Otama  · Otway  · Ovens  · Oxley Odin class Otway  · Oxley J class J1  · J2  · J3  · J4  · J5  · J7 E class AE1  · AE2 Other submarines K9  · Remora Bases and tenders Platypus (tender)  · Platypus (base)  · Stirling