It is designed for retrieving sailors from stranded submarines and is capable of rescuing 16 at a time.

This system, developed by Kongsberg Simrad, integrates the surface and subsea navigation data.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the British Defense Ministry contracted with Global Crossing, a company with a marine underwater cable business, to maintain and operate the LR5.

Global Crossing used the submersible in their cable business and was also required to keep it ready to respond to emergencies.

[6] Britain activated this agreement to help in the unsuccessful rescue of the crew of the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk.