![]() 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. Submarine Escape Immersion Equipment suit Mk 10
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