The bell-shaped skirt under this Vickers submersible craft used in the North Sea oil industry was used recently for a two-way transfer of men between the British submarine H.M.S. Otter and her Canadian sister ship Ojiowa in conditions of a simulated disaster. The underwater docking system, similar to that used in spacecraft, will give the crews of submarines sunk at great depths a better chance of rescue.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33981, 23 October 1975, Page 17
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67The bell-shaped skirt under this Vickers submersible craft used in the North Sea oil industry was used recently for a two-way transfer of men between the British submarine H.M.S. Otter and her Canadian sister ship Ojiowa in conditions of a simulated disaster. The underwater docking system, similar to that used in spacecraft, will give the crews of submarines sunk at great depths a better chance of rescue. Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33981, 23 October 1975, Page 17
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