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UNDERWATER FLEET [5 records]

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Record 1 2021-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Sonar and Underwater Detection (Military)
  • National and International Security
OBS

The Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental and Test Ranges(CFMETR) is a maritime test facility... located over an area of Nanoose Bay that is several hundred feet deep, several dozen kilometres long and several kilometres wide over a seabed composed of soft mud and free of underwater obstacles. The facility employs a 3-dimensional sonar tracking system for monitoring the performance and position of objects in these waters for real-time tracking. Equipment tested at the facility consists of a variety of devices, including sonobuoys, sonar systems(ship and aircraft), torpedos and the repair and overhaul of the dipping sonar used on Canada's Sea King helicopter fleet.

OBS

Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental and Test Ranges; CFMETR: title and abbreviation to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Sonar et détection sous-marine (Militaire)
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale
OBS

Centre d'expérimentation et d'essais maritimes des Forces canadiennes; CEEMFC : titre et abréviation d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
CONT

Mobile drilling platform. The underwater search has been made possible only by vast improvement in offshore technology... new types [of platform] stress characteristics of mobility and the capacity for work in [deep] water. The world's mobile platform fleet can be divided into four main groupings : self-elevating platform, submersibles, semisubmersibles, and floating drill ships. The most widely used mobile platform is the self-elevating, or jack-up unit. It is towed to location, where the legs are lowered to the sea floor, and the platform is jacked up above wave height.

OBS

for "offshore mobile drilling unit": offshore mobile drilling unit

Key term(s)
  • mobile drilling unit
  • mobile unit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
CONT

Aussi pour exécuter [les forages d'exploration] qui ne durent que quelques mois chacun, utilise-t-on des infrastructures mobiles, que l'on déplace d'un site à un autre [...] À faible profondeur on utilise des «jack-up» ou plates-formes autoélévatrices à piles mobiles verticalement actionnées par vérins ou par crémaillères. En cours de déplacement le pont fait office de coque et flotte à la surface de l'eau, les piles étant relevées [...] Au-delà de [90 mètres d'eau], on utilise des engins de forage flottants, navires ou plates-formes semi-submersibles.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diving (Naval Forces)
CONT

The fleet diving units on both coasts can also be made available on short notice and provide expertise in underwater work, including inspection, salvage, welding, cutting, repairs, demolition, oil recovery, and bomb and ordnance disposal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plongée (Forces navales)
CONT

En outre, sur les deux côtes, les unités de plongée de la flotte sont en mesure d'intervenir à bref délai pour effectuer sous l'eau des travaux d'inspection, de sauvetage, de soudure, de découpage, de réparation, de démolition, de récupération du pétrole et de neutralisation de bombes et autres explosifs.

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Strategy
  • Military (General)
CONT

The underwater fleet consists of a submarine squadron based on the Atlantic Coast.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stratégie militaire
  • Militaire (Généralités)
CONT

La flotte sous-marine consiste en une escadrille de sous-marins basée sur la côte Atlantique.

Spanish

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Record 5 1994-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Strategy
  • Military (General)
CONT

The underwater fleet consists of a submarine squadron based on the Atlantic Coast.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stratégie militaire
  • Militaire (Généralités)
CONT

La flotte sous-marine consiste en une escadrille de sous-marins basée sur la côte Atlantique.

Spanish

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