LR7 information

	The LR-7 being retrieved by Changdao during RIMPAC 2016.
Class overview
Builders	Forum Energy Technologies (FET)
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy
Preceded by	35-ton deep-submergence rescue vehicle
In service	2009 - present
History
People's Republic of China
Name	LR7
In service	2009
Status	Active
General characteristics
Type	Deep-submergence rescue vehicle
Displacement	38 tons (full)
Length	9.6 metres (31 ft)
Beam	3.2 metres (10 ft)
Draught	3.4 metres (11 ft)
Installed power	Lead-acid batteries
Propulsion	2 x electric motors (26.8 horsepower (20.0 kW)); 4 x tilting side thrusters (16 horsepower (12 kW));
Speed	3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph)
Capacity	18 survivors
Crew	3

The LR7 is a deep-submergence rescue vehicle (DSRV) of the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). It was built by Perry Slingsby of Britain and is a development of the LR5 DSRV. The LR7 entered service in 2009.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Saunders 2015, p. 159.
^ "Submarine Rescue Systems".
^ Wertheim 2013, p. 114.

[FOOTNOTESaunders2015159-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Saunders 2015, p. 159.

[2] "Submarine Rescue Systems".

[FOOTNOTEWertheim2013114-3] Wertheim 2013, p. 114.

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Class overview
The LR-7 being retrieved by Changdao during RIMPAC 2016.
Builders	Forum Energy Technologies (FET) ^[2]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy
Preceded by	35-ton deep-submergence rescue vehicle
In service	2009 - present^[1]
History
People's Republic of China
Name	LR7
In service	2009^[1]
Status	Active
General characteristics
Type	Deep-submergence rescue vehicle
Displacement	38 tons (full)^[3]
Length	9.6 metres (31 ft)^[1]
Beam	3.2 metres (10 ft)^[1]
Draught	3.4 metres (11 ft)^[1]
Installed power	Lead-acid batteries^[1]
Propulsion	2 x electric motors (26.8 horsepower (20.0 kW))^[1] 4 x tilting side thrusters (16 horsepower (12 kW))^[1]
Speed	3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph)^[1]
Capacity	18 survivors^[1]
Crew	3^[1]