Australian Submarine Rescue Vehicle Remora
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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]
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