International Submarine Escape and Rescue Liaison Office![]() |
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Last update 09 Jun 2009 |
News History
SMER Working Group 2009
BOLD MINOTAUR 09NATO instigated a Submarine Escape and Rescue Exercise, know as Exercise BOLD MINOTAUR, Tuesday 5 May when a UK fictitious submarine 'HMS TALISMAN' failed to report in to COMSUBNORTH, the NATO Northern region SUBOPAUTH. In the unlikely event of such a submarine incident, a worldwide coordination effort occurs. This effort is coordinated using the NATO sponsored, funded and manned International Submarine Escape and Rescue Liaison Office (ISMERLO), out of Allied Submarine Command (ASC), Norfolk, Virginia. Through this website www.ismerlo.org, nations can offer assistance and the Submarine Rescue Authority (SSRA) can chose and coordinate the suitable assets to assist. BOLD MINOTAUR was conducted off the UK south coast and the SSRA used the UK Submarine Parachute Assistance Group (SPAG), with 6 Italians embedded, to parachute from a C-130 onto the datum and offer assistance to the 'survivors'. A UK support vessel, MV SALMOOR acted as safety vessel and a UK Frigate, HMS ARGYLL was despatched with Escape First Reaction Stores, including medical staff, to recover the survivors and offer further medical attention.
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