An anti-submarine ship without a crew from a fishing vessel: what kind of fleet do we need?
Reserve seaman, especially for the project.
The Norwegian technology company Kongsberg Maritime presented a design for a new unmanned ship, intended for anti-submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and Arctic seas. The development is carried out in the interests of the Royal Navy of Great Britain as part of the concept of a future hybrid fleet, combining traditional warships and autonomous platforms. The new device should become part of a system of constant monitoring of the underwater situation, the forces of the Russian Navy and transport in the northern latitudes.
Instead of developing a special hull from scratch, the engineers decided to use an existing design for a 56 meter Arctic fishing trawler. During the renovation, it is planned to dismantle the navigation room and the fish room, and make room for military systems and remote control equipment. Fishing mechanisms will give way to a towed hydroacoustic antenna, and the hull itself will be further optimized to reduce the acoustic signature, which is especially important for an anti-submarine ship: the noise of its mechanisms should not impair the operation of the hydroacoustic means.