SRV Mating Target

Regular submarine rescue exercises are important to ensure personnel and equipment are ready to respond in the event of an incident. Forum’s submarine rescue system mating target is designed as a training aid for submersible operators.

  • Replicating the submarine’s escape hatch, the target is designed to be used at depths of up to 600 metres, and in currents up to 2.5 knots, with safe deployment up to a Sea State 4.
  • It weighs approximately 6,500 kg and has integrated lifting features allowing it to be deployed and retrieved from a ship-mounted crane.
  • Under these operating conditions, a soft and hard seal can be created between the SRV’s Dry Mating Skirt (DMS) and the Mating Target Disc.
  • The Target Disk angle is adjustable from 0° horizontal to 40°.
  • The Mating Target can be disassembled and stored in a standard 20ft shipping container with the leg extensions and lifting beams removed.
  • Fully pressure tested and load tested.
  • The Target Disk is painted with the ‘bullseye’ dimensions defined in NATO STANAG 1297 “Requirements for a NATO Common Rescue Seat” providing the SRV pilot enhanced visibility when mating.
Submarine Rescue Systems LR11