Docking device for an underwater vehicle

A docking device comprising a docking station able to be connected to a carrying vessel by a cable so that the carrying vessel hauls the docking station, fully submerged, via the top of the docking station by exerting a pulling force at a tow point (T) on the docking station, the docking station comprising a body comprising a beam extending longitudinally parallel to a longitudinal axis (x) of the body and a stop allowing a movement of an underwater vehicle with respect to the body along the longitudinal axis (x) to be blocked, in a direction directed from the rear forward defined by the longitudinal axis (x), the stop and the beam being arranged relative to one another in such a way that the dorsal beam extends longitudinally above the underwater vehicle in abutment against the stop, the docking station being hydrodynamically profiled, a center of gravity of the docking station and a center of buoyancy of the docking station being positioned, and the tow point (T) being able to occupy a docking position of the tow point (T) that is defined in such a way that the docking station exhibits a predetermined docking negative pitch when it is fully submerged and hauled by the carrying vessel in the direction of the longitudinal axis at a predetermined speed.