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Pelican wrote: Thu Oct 03, 2019 2:18 pm Thanks Harry, they must have heard me coming, thats some winch. It will be quite a task to launch and recover the array in roughers.
FOR INFO - HOW THE CANADIANS ARE DOING
Elbit Systems tests sonar system with the Royal Canadian Navy
October 6, 2019

Elbit Systems’ Canadian subsidiary, GeoSpectrum Technologies (GTI), has announced the successful Anti-Submarine Warfare trial of its Towed Reelable Active Passive Sonar (TRAPS) on board HMCS Glace Bay of the Royal Canadian Navy
Continues at - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/elbit-s ... CohnUUjqkE
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A couple of excerpts from a now somewhat dated article:-

Giant ‘ship in a box’ will give Navy boarding teams the edge on the front line
14 February 2014

A £1m new facility will provide sailors and Royal Marines the most realistic board and search training they’ve ever had.

The ‘ship in a box’ complex at HMS Raleigh recreates the inside of a merchant ship, but also features secret compartments and hiding places as used by smugglers, drug runners and terrorists in the real world.

Sailors and commandos will use the most realistic mock-up ship they’ve ever had to prepare them for front-line boarding operations from this spring.

The £1m ‘ship in a box’ facility at HMS Raleigh in Torpoint will be used by all Royal Navy and Royal Marines board and search teams to hone their skills – from fast roping out of helicopters to searching hidden compartments and using artificial ammunition to neutralise foes.

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The ship in a box – 21 ISO containers identical to those used on cargo ships, stacked to create a three-storey superstructure, crowned by a bridge – allows much more authentic training on land.
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Caption; Project Manager Alan Joyce (l) with Lt Chris Carter OC Board and Search School

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Caption; Workmen at HMS Raleigh fitting out the compartments and creating the various hiding places


Inside is a warren of passageways and compartments – cabins, mock engine rooms, a galley, cargo holds and mess areas – with numerous imaginative hiding places, just as smugglers, drug runners and terrorists use in the real world.

The complex has been built by the same team, FES, who erected a similar facility used by the 43 Commando Royal Marines at Faslane.

The facility north of the border is mostly empty inside, however, and has no space for personnel to rapid rope from a helicopter on to the deck.

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'ship in a box' - (continued)
An excerpt from another now somewhat dated article:-


New board and search facility at HMS Raleigh
17 June 2014

A new training facility, which will teach sailors and marines how to board and search merchant vessels suspected of operating illegally, has been formally opened at HMS Raleigh by Rear Admiral Ben Key, Flag Officer Sea Training

The ‘Ship-in-a-box’ complex, run by 1 Assault Group Royal Marines, recreates the inside of a merchant ship and is the most realistic facility available to train sailors and marines to carry out this important task.

Built from 21 ISO containers, identical to those used on cargo ships, the structure is three storeys high, complete with a bridge and a deck area. Inside there is a warren of passageways and compartments including cabins, mock engine rooms, a galley, cargo holds and mess areas. Each one has a number of imaginative hiding places, similar to those used by smugglers, drug runners and terrorists in real life, where contraband will have been placed by the training staff.
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Caption; Lt Chris Carter (left) briefs Admiral Key within the facility
Photographs by Dave Sherfield.

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