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Stoker

ADV - Australia - Submarine Rescue and Escape Ship

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Stoker
MV Stoker and MV Besant at Garden Island, August 2021

Key facts

Country

Australia

Class

Submarine Rescue and Escape Ship

Type

Support Vessel

Status

active

Current ops

-

Latest public position

No public position available.

Public summary

Besant and Stoker provide submarine rescue, escape and intervention support for the Royal Australian Navy submarine force. Their role is safety-critical: supporting rescue readiness, underwater intervention and specialist submarine-support tasks. They are technical support vessels rather than combatants, but they are important to responsible submarine operations.

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