Table I 

 Some Fields In Which Defense Experience Can Assist Other Marine Activities 



N.B. Not all tlie items listed helow presently exist at least in the form described. 



I. Vessels and Craft 



a. Warships, submarines, Royal Fleet Auxiliaries, auxiliary and 

 harbour craft 



b. Salvage and rescue craft— tugs (ocean and harbour), lifting craft, 

 heavy lift cranes, diving vessels, helicopters 



c. Submersibles, telechirics, habitats 



d. Hydrographic and research craft and vessels 



e. Mooring, buoy and boom defense vessels and systems 



II. Engineering 



a. Propulsion systems 



b. Auxiliaries and systems, including automation 



c. Desalination 



d. Ship construction 



e. Materials, corrosion, protection 



III. Electronics 



a. Communications, radio and visual 



b. Position-fixing systems for navigation and hydrography 



c. Radar 



d. Underwater acoustics— echo sovmders, sonar (side-scan, doppler, 

 etc.) 



e. Underwater com.munications, navigation, search and location 



f. Ship control and collision avoidance systems. Training simu- 

 lator system 



g. Instrumentation 



h. Data acquisition, processing, storage, dissemination. Buoy sys- 

 tems 

 i. Meteorological systems— weather, storm, tide prediction 



IV. Other Facilities 



a. Diving and underwater work systems and techniques. HMS 



"Reclaim" replacement 

 d. Environmental testing centres, and sea-borne "test beds" 



c. Structural, shock and vibration testing facilities 



d. Structural testing at full scale 



e. Desalination experimental station 



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