![]() ![]() The latest generation RFD Beaufort SEIE MK11 enables free ascent from a stricken submarine and provides extensive protection for the submariner on reaching the surface until rescued. The suit allows survivors to escape a disabled submarine at depths down to 600 feet (183 m), with an ascent speed of 2–3 meters/second, at a rate of eight or more sailors per hour. The suit also provides protection against hypothermia and (since the Mk 10 version) has replaced the Steinke hood rescue device. ![]() It was designed by British company RFD Beaufort Limited and allows submariners to escape from a sunken submarine. Submarine Escape Immersion Equipment ( SEIE), also known as Submarine Escape and Immersion Equipment, is a whole-body suit and one-man life raft that was first produced in 1952. Whole-body exposure suit that allows submariners to escape from a sunken submarine Submarine Escape Immersion Equipment suit Mk 10 ![]()
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