SINGAPORE – The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) submarine rescue vessel, MV Swift Rescue, was dispatched on Wednesday afternoon (April 21) to join in the search for a missing Indonesia submarine.
In a Facebook post on Thursday, Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen said the ship was dispatched “as fast as she could get ready” after Singapore’s navy chief received a request for assistance from his Indonesian counterpart.
A medical team was also added to the regular crew in the event that hyperbaric care is needed, he added.
An Indonesian military spokesman was quoted in media reports as saying that the MV Swift Rescue is estimated to arrive at the search area on April 24.
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