The invention relates to an
underwater platform releasing and cable
cutting mechanism which comprises a releasing base, a shell, a push shaft, a releasing hook, an initiating
explosive device, a watertight connector and a cable limiting structure. The shell is fixed to
underwater equipment through the release base and provided with a closed pneumatic cavity, the push shaft is slidably connected to the pneumatic cavity, and the two ends of the push shaft extend out of the two ends of the shell. One extending end of the push shaft is matched with the release hook so as to limit the
underwater platform to the underwater equipment; the other extending end of the push shaft is a
cutting knife; the cable limiting structure limits the cable to one end corresponding to the
cutting knife, and the position of the cable corresponds to the position of the cutting knife. The initiating
explosive device is electrically connected with the underwater equipment through the watertight connector and used for receiving signals of the underwater equipment and releasing high-pressure gas to the pneumatic cavity, the high-pressure gas pushes the push shaft to move towards the cable, the push shaft is made to be disengaged from the release hook to relieve limiting of the underwater platform, and meanwhile the cutting knife moves to
cut off the cable. According to the invention, the release of the
test platform and the cutting of the cable can be synchronously completed, the full-water-
pressure balance is realized, and the adaptability is high.