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International Submarine
Escape and Rescue Liaison
Office

The International Submarine Escape and Rescue Liaison Office (ISMERLO) is an organisation that aims to facilitate an international response for a distressed submarine (DISSUB) and to improve the ability to respond to a call for assistance through its coordination role. Although established by NATO, ISMERLO supports all nations and pursues the involvement of global submarine-operating nations. ISMERLO is a military organisation operating in an international environment focused on the humanitarian objective of saving lives at sea.

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ISMERLO APPLICATIONS

Due to the ongoing incident in Indonesia we see an increased interest to become a member of the website. If you belive to be an important stakeholder and contributor please send an email to ismerlowebsite@gmail.com and we wil look into it. Please provide a valid governmental email address.

ISMERLO ACTIVATION

In response to the missing Indonesian Submarine NANGGALA an alert has been raised on the ISMERLO website and efforts are being made to support.ISMERLO ACTIVATIONOn 20 April 2021, an alert was raised with the International Submarine Escape and Rescue Liaison Office (ISMERLO) by the Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL) regarding the Indonesian submarine Nanggalla.Since then the ISMERLO has been manned on 24 hours basis and has been actively engaged in providing professional coordination support from the international submarine community to the Indonesian Navy. The ISMERLO Operations Room will remain manned until the event reaches a conclusion.Expertise from the ISMERLO team are ready to deploy in order to offer assistance to the Indonesian Navy with international coordination of rescue and search assets to ensure the fastest possible resolution of the event through the use of the recently upgraded ISMERLO website –ismerlo.org