Discovery ROUV
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Discovery (Fa-xian, 发现 in Chinese) remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROUV) is a type of very little known unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) originally built in Great Britain by British firm Specialist Machine Development (SMD) Limited for the People's Republic of China (PRC).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] and the British firm was later purchased by CSR Corporation Limited in April 2015.[9]
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Name | Discovery |
Ordered | 1 |
Awarded | 1 |
Builder | Specialist Machine Development (SMD) Ltd |
Christened | 2014 |
Completed | 2014 |
Acquired | 2014 |
Commissioned | 2021 |
Maiden voyage | 2014 |
In service | 2014 |
Refit | 2018 |
Reinstated | 2019 |
Status | Active |
Class overview | |
Operators | ![]() |
Built | 2014 |
In service | 2014 onward |
In commission | 2014 onward |
Planned | 1 |
Completed | 1 |
Active | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type | ROUV |
Length | 3 m (9 ft 10 in) |
Beam | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Height | 2 m (6 ft 7 in) |
Sensors and processing systems | Various |
Electronic warfare & decoys | None |
Armament | None |
Armour | None |
Aircraft carried | None |
Aviation facilities | None |
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