Rolls Royce gets rescue submarine order

Britain, France and Norway have placed a £47m (€39m) order with Rolls Royce for a high-tech international rescue system to help crews escape from sunken submarines.

The three-nation initiative – the Nato Submarine Rescue System, or NSRS – will be based around a 32 foot, 27 ton submarine operated by a crew of three which can dive to a stricken boat and dock with it to rescue the crew.