EP 0040988 A2 19811202 - Minehunting and disposal system.
Title (en)
Minehunting and disposal system.
Title (de)
System, um Minen zu räumen und zu legen.
Title (fr)
Système de chasse et de pose des mines.
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 8017191 A 19800523
Abstract (en)
The present invention relates to minehunting and disposal systems. Known methods of minehunting and disposal comprise the deployment of several relatively large ships each having a crew of the order of thirty personnel. The known ships are expensive since they have to be specially fabricated so as to present a low magnetic signature and low noise generation. This invention provides a system comprising a parent ship providing support facilities for a plurality of operational craft [10, 12, 14, 16], the operational craft [10, 12, 14, 16] being relatively small and being provided with known mine detection and destruction equipment [34]. The parent ship is preferably designed and equipped so as to be capable of carrying the operational craft [10, 12, 14, 16] on board, such that the operational craft may be transported to the area of deployment. The operational craft [10, 12, 14, 16] preferably have hulls [16] providing a substantial portion of its buoyancy submerged together with a relatively small water plane area, for example a Small Water Plane Area Twin Hull type craft. This system reduces the number of personnel exposed to a single risk and the operational craft present a low magnetic signature and low noise generation due to their size and these endowments are particularly enhanced if the preferred form of hull [16] is utilised.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B63B 35/40 (2006.01); B63G 6/00 (2006.01); B63G 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B63B 1/107 (2013.01); B63B 35/40 (2013.01); B63G 6/00 (2013.01); B63G 7/00 (2013.01); B63B 2035/405 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
BE DE FR GB IT NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0040988 A2 19811202; EP 0040988 A3 19811209; GB 2077197 A 19811216
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 81302320 A 19810526; GB 8017191 A 19800523