Launch and recovery system

Abstract

Launch and recovery system ( 1 ) comprising a base ( 2 ) mounted or mountable on a deck ( 4 ) of a ship, and two booms ( 3 ) pivotably mounted on the base ( 2 ), wherein the two booms ( 3 ) are connected at their extremities ( 12 ) distant from the base ( 2 ) with an upper beam ( 11 ), and wherein a load ( 13 ) is suspendable from the upper beam ( 11 ), wherein the upper beam ( 11 ) is separable in two independent parts without interconnection, and that with the upper beam ( 11 ) separated in two parts the two booms ( 3 ) are operable independent from each other, wherein each boom ( 3 ) is equipped to handle a load independent from the other boom ( 3 ).

1 . A Launch and recovery system comprising:
 a base configured to be mountable on a deck of a ship; and   two booms pivotably mounted on the base, the two booms connected at their extremities distant from the base with an upper beam, and a load is suspendable from the upper beam, wherein   the upper beam is removable and that with the upper beam removed, each boom is equipped to handle a load independent from the other boom.   
     
     
         2 . The Launch and recovery system according to  claim 1 , wherein the booms can be provided with two independent and disconnected upper beam parts. 
     
     
         3 . The Launch and recovery system according to  claim 2 , wherein the two independent and disconnected upper beam parts are connectable to each other so as to provide an upper beam that connects the extremities of the two booms. 
     
     
         4 . The Launch and recovery system according to  claim 1 , wherein the upper beam is rotatable along its longitudinal axis perpendicular to the booms. 
     
     
         5 . The Launch and recovery system according to  claim 1 , wherein the two booms are extendable. 
     
     
         6 . The Launch and recovery system according to  claim 1 , wherein the base supports one or more frames that is or are pivotably mounted on the base, and in that the one or more frames pivotably support one or more of the booms. 
     
     
         7 . The Launch and recovery system according to  claim 6 , wherein the base supports a plurality of frames, each frame is supported by an individual base. 
     
     
         8 . A ship having a deck, the deck having mounted thereon a launch and recovery system in accordance with  claim 1 . 
     
     
         9 . The Launch and recovery system according to  claim 2 , wherein each upper beam part is rotatable along its longitudinal axis perpendicular to the booms.