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Submarine Rescue Project for Swedish Navy
Submarine Rescue Project for Swedish Navy.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 3040H Fisher (James) & Sons PLC 26 May 2011 \n \n\n \n \n \n26 May 2011\n \nJames Fisher and Sons plc \n \nSubmarine Rescue Project for Swedish Navy\n \nJames Fisher Defence ('JFD'), a division of James Fisher and Sons plc, the UK's leading marine services provider ('FSJ'), has been selected to undertake a comprehensive modernisation of the Swedish Navy's Rescue Vehicle known locally as URF under a contract worth around £11m. The contract further demonstrates JFD's leadership of the global submarine rescue market.\n \nJFD will undertake a full refit of the existing vehicle and design, build and integrate a series of new systems to maintain the vehicle's performance, whilst optimising safety and operability. The upgrade work will be completed at JFD's Glasgow facility and the modernised vehicle will be delivered back into service in March next year after which JFD will continue to work with the Swedish Navy to ensure its future availability. URF will bring to four the total number of rescue vehicles supported by JFD. \n \nJFD will be assisted in this work by the Swedish Defence and Security company Saab. As a major subcontractor to JFD, Saab Underwater Systems will be responsible for the design and build of an integrated propulsion and control system for the vehicle.\n \nThe modernisation of URF will draw on JFD's expertise in the design, build, support and operation of submarine rescue vehicles and systems and follows the delivery of two new DSAR (Deep Search and Rescue) class vehicles to the navies of Korea and Singapore in 2008 and 2009 respectively. Prior to this JFD operated and maintained the UK Submarine Rescue System undertaking two major refits to create the rescue submersible LR5 which is now in service in Perth, Western Australia as part of the James Fisher Submarine Rescue System. In 2005 a team from JFD saved the lives of seven Russian submariners trapped in the mini submarine Priz in 625 ft of water off the Kamchatka peninsular.\n \nCommenting on the contract, Ben Sharples, JFD Managing Director, said:\n \n\"We are delighted to have been awarded this contract, URF is strategically an important rescue asset and the award of this contract is testament to our speciali...