MV Swift Rescue

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MV Swift Rescue within Changi Naval Base
History
State Marine Ensign of Singapore.svgSingapore
NameMV Swift Rescue
OwnerFirst Response Marine
OperatorRepublic of Singapore Navy
Builder ST Marine
Laid down1 April 2008
Launched29 November 2008
Completed30 April 2009
Identification
  • IMO : 9536519
  • MMSI : 564314000
  • Call Sign : 9V7855
StatusActive
General characteristics
Tonnage4,290 gross
Length85 m (278 ft 10 in)
Draught4.3 m (14 ft 1 in)
Propulsion2 × MAN 2040kW diesel

3 x Caterpillar 1,360kW diesel 2 x CPP Kort nozzle propellers

1 x 95kW emergency generator
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range7,500  nmi (13,900 km; 8,600 mi)
Endurance28 days
Boats & landing
craft carried		1 x Submarine Rescue Vehicle
Complement27 crews
Aviation facilitiesHelicopter landing platform

MV Swift Rescue is a submarine support and rescue vessel (SSRV) that is operated by the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). The ship is stationed in Changi Naval Base and has a mixed crew of 27 personnel from the RSN and Swire Pacific Offshore Operations Pte Ltd, the marine arm of Swire Group. [1]

In January 2007, the RSN awarded a design, build, own and operate contract to ST Marine, a subsidiary of ST Engineering. [2]

Rescue missions

Swift Rescue has not been involved in any actual submarine rescue operations; the ship has however been involved in other operations, including searches. Swift Rescue participated in the ongoing triennial submarine rescue exercise in the region, Exercise Pacific Reach which involves regional partners such as the United States Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Royal Australian Navy and Republic of Korea Navy. The exercise is primarily meant to build interoperability within the region for submarine rescue capabilities as well as building relations between regional submarine operators and rescue assets. [3]

Swift Rescue was also activated on 29 December 2014 to aid in the search and rescue of Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 after the Indonesian Search and Rescue Agency accepted the offer of help from the Singapore authorities. On 14 January 2015, the vessel found the wreckage of the lost airliner at the bottom of the Java Sea. [4]

Swift Rescue partook in its first submarine search mission after the Indonesian Navy submarine KRI Nanggala (402) went missing off the waters of Bali during a torpedo drill on 21 April 2021. [5] [6] [7] Its ROV captured photos of the sunken boat at a depth of 838 metres on 25 April. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Singapore Rescue Systems". International Submarine Escape and Rescue Liaison Office. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Submarine Support & Rescue Vessel (SSRV)". Singapore Technologies Engineering. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Singapore Hosts Regional Submarine Rescue Exercise" . Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "AirAsia plane crash: Eerie images from underwater show fuselage found in Java Sea". News Corp Australia Network. 14 January 2015. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
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  8. ↑ "Sunken missing Indonesian submarine found cracked open, officials say 53 crew members dead". The Straits Times. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
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