Scorpio rov

US Navy Super Scorpio ROV

Bering Sea, (August 7, 2005) - Russian sailors are evacuated from their mini-submarine (bathyscaphe) AS-28 Prize after surfacing. The crew was trapped for three days at a depth of more than 180 m.

A C-5 Galaxy is loaded with people and equipment from the Deep Submergence Unit, Naval Base Coronado. The C-5 is bringing two Super Scorpio robotic rescue vehicles to Russia to assist in the rescue.

Scorpio , Scorpio 45 , Super Scorpio (Submersible Craft for Ocean Repair, Position, Inspection and Observation Remote Operated Vehicle ) - the name of one of the most advanced unmanned remote controlled underwater rescue vehicles in service with the US and UK fleets. In the United States, Scorpio is part of the Navy automatic apparatus squad formed in the mid-1970s. At the Royal Navy, Scorpio is managed by the National Rescue Service in association with James Fisher Rumic Limited. ^[one]

One such device participated in the rescue operation of the crew of the Russian submarine AS-28 Prize , which crashed in Berezovaya Bay in Kamchatka. After the incident with the Prize, authorities said that Russia would purchase two such devices from Britain, but placed an order for only one ^{[2] [3]} .