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ROKS Navy Achieves Deep-Dive Record
Lloyd's Register reports that it has chalked up a hat-trick of firsts in cooperation with the Republic of Korea Navy. ROKS DSRV II, a rescue submersible built by UK underwater defense systems specialists, James Fisher Defense (JFD), based at Renfrew in Scotland, is the first submarine in Korea to be classed with Lloyd's Register, marking the first involvement by Lloyd's Register Asia with the ROK Navy. Also, the submersible's final dive during its sea acceptance tests -- to a depth of 507 m -- is the deepest recorded dive in the history of the Korean Navy. ROKS DSRV II was built to a design based on the Glasgow-based JFD's Deep Search and Rescue (DSAR) 500 Class submarine rescue vehicle platform. Its construction, which draws on the JFD's experience in global submarine rescue operations and participation in submarine rescue,
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was overseen by Lloyd's Register. Surveyor Paul Marshall from the Glasgow office, dealt with most of the production and testing during construction and Liz Kennedy from the Hull office, coordinated the global involvement of Lloyd's Register in the project. The submersible is capable of locking onto the escape hatch of a disabled submarine and transferring up to 16 submariners under pressure, recovering them to the surface where they are then transferred into the decompression facility onboard Chung-Hae-Jin.
RESON Delivers Sonar System to the Chilean Navy
S.H.O.A. Servico Hidrografico y Oceanografico de la Armada de Chile (The Chilean Navy Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service) have recently taken delivery of a second new RESON Sonar
January/February 2009
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