Military help needed please: Submarine Service?
Hello. I am hoping to join the Royal Navy as a Warfare Officer (Sub) and become a crew member of one of the T-boat fleet.
I notice on the RN website there is a link to a submarine rescue vehicle that can dive deep and hold up to 16 rescued crew. It is a mini-sub that has a crew of two and can carry a diver, if I remember correctly.
Do you happen to know if this vehicle (or others like it if you are answering from a foreign Navy) are operated by members of the Submarine Service? Or are they crewed by Navy personnel from other branches? Thanks!
Note: I believe this is part of the ‘SUBSUNK’ branch of the Royal Navy, if this helps.
You’re looking at a DSRV: http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4100&tid=500&ct=4
In the USN, it’s operated by members of the Submarine Community with a GREAT deal of coordination with Aviation (the Air Force can fly the danged thing around the world).
The RN operates the LR5 Manned submersible:
http://www.janes.com/defence/naval_forces/news/jut/jut000816_1_n.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LR5
I’m not sure who crews the LR5, but I would IMAGINE it is also crewed by RN personnel from the Submarine Service.
I’m a retired aviation kinda-guy and am standing by to be corrected by my brother’s in the Bubble-head community.
DSRV’s are NOT for SpecOps… those are SDV (Seal Delivery Vehicles) and are operated by Seals off of submarines: http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/usw/issue_12/masters.html
