ELSS Pods & Bags
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JFD supplied Submarine Rescue Vehicle mating targets in operation with UKSRS and onboard Swift Rescue, Singapore.

ELSS Pods & Bags Overview

ELSS Pods

JFD's Emergency Life Support Stores (ELSS) Pods are used to transfer supplies to a DISSUB, where they augment the life support system until a rescue can be effected. The Pod's marginal negative buoyancy allows for easy subsea manouvering by diver or ROV.

James Fisher Defence Scorpio 45 Remotely Operated Vehicle carrying ELSS Pod.

ELSS Pod Posting Bags

JFD's Emergency Life Support Store Pod Bags are utilised in the escape hatch of a DISSUB to recieve ELSS Pods posted by an ROV or diver in an Intervention Scenario.

JFD's Pod Bags are in operation world-wide on an array of different class submarines. While the principal design remains consistent, the fitment of each is tailored for each specific hatch type.

 

ELSS Pod Posting bags

Typical ELSS Pod Specification

Principal Particulars

  
   
Length 970mm inc. handle
Min. Internal Diameter 300mm
Max. Internal Diameter 350mm
In air weight <60kg
Certified Operating Depth 610 msw
Test Pressure 960 msw
Pressure Hull Material Aluminium 6082/5083
ELSS Payload 25kg
   

Design Standards

  
   
Lloyd's Register Lloyd's Rule for Submersibles and Underwater Systems
PD5500 PD5500:2006 Specification for Unfired Fusion Welded Pressure Vessels

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