A subsea garage (36) for a UUV comprises a body (12) having a receptacle for the UUV, an open top providing a transit path for the UUV into and out of the receptacle and a base opposed to the open top, the base being arranged to lie on the seabed. At least one post (22) is movable, subsea, relative to the body into a deployed position extending upwardly from the body above the open top. A lid (16) may also be movable relative to the body between a closed position that closes the open top and an open position that allows the UUV to move along the transit path through the open top. A fixed post may extend upwardly from the body above the open top, in which case the lid may enclose the post when in the closed position and expose the post when in the open position.
Subsea garages for unmanned underwater vehicles
2019-05-23
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63G OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS , Angriffs- oder Verteidigungsanordnungen auf Schiffen |