Device for handling and towing a submersible object

A device for handling and towing a submersible object intended to be installed on a ship, the device comprising:

• a support intended to be fixed to the deck of the ship, the support comprising at least one support element comprising a plane surface forming a plane intended to extend parallel to the surface of the water in a calm sea state,
• a towing cable for towing the submersible object,
• a winch allowing the cable to be hauled in and paid out,
• a tilting structure supported by said support, able to pivot with respect to the support about a first axis parallel to said plane, said tilting structure being equipped with a first guide device allowing the cable to be guided,
• wherein the handling device comprises:
• a pivot connection about a second axis situated in a plane substantially perpendicular to the first axis of rotation, arranged so as to allow a rotary part of the tilting structure to rotate with respect to the support, said rotary part being equipped with the first guide device,
• a stabilizing device able to be in an operational configuration in which it is configured to keep the rotary part of the tilting structure in a deployed position with respect to the support as long as a torque of the relative pivoting between the rotary part and the support about the second axis is below or equal to a predetermined threshold, and so as to allow the rotary part, equipped with the first guide device, to rotate with respect to the support about the second axis once a torque of relative pivoting between the rotary part and the support about the second exceeds said threshold.