Recovery apparatus and allocated method

Autonomous system comprising an autonomous underwater vehicle and an autonomous recovery apparatus for the autonomous underwater vehicle, comprising:

• a drive of autonomous recovery apparatus, wherein the drive is implemented as part of the autonomous recovery apparatus and is configured to transport the autonomous recovery apparatus together with the autonomous underwater vehicle across a range, wherein the range is a range of more than 5 nautical miles;
• a unit for launch and recovery of the autonomous underwater vehicle, wherein the recovery apparatus is configured to be operated in an autonomous manner;
• wherein the autonomous underwater vehicle is configured to be operated independent from the recovery apparatus;
• wherein the autonomous recovery apparatus comprises a sensor system as well as a control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to perform semi-autonomous or autonomous control of the recovery apparatus based on data from the sensor system and wherein the control unit is configured to autonomously launch and/or recover the autonomous underwater vehicle;
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• wherein the recovery apparatus comprises two hulls and a net arranged between the two hulls for receiving the autonomous underwater vehicle, wherein the net can be lowered from a non-lowered state of the net to a lowered state of the net where the net floats below the water surface such that the autonomous underwater vehicle can be launched and received in the lowered state and can be transported in the non-lowered state.