A subsea garage for a UUV comprises a body 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.A lid is 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 extends upwardly from the body above the open top, and the lid encloses the post when in the closed position and exposes the post when in the open position.
Subsea garages for unmanned underwater vehicles
2020-01-08
Patent
Electronic Resource
English