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The ''Fantome'' class is a class of eight small survey motor boats (SMBs) operated by the
Six of the RAN's ''Fantome''-class boats are carried on board its two s. Each of these ships can carry three survey motor boats.Wertheim, ''The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World'', p. 26 The other two boats were originally operated by DMS Marine under contract to the RAN and are stationed at the Navy's Hydrographic School at in Sydney, but by 2010, these vessels were under direct RAN control. DMS Maritime maintains all eight boats.
Royal Australian Navy
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the principal naval force of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The professional head of the RAN is Chief of Navy (CN) Vice Admiral Mark Hammond AM, RAN. CN is also jointly responsible to the Minister of ...
(RAN) and DMS Maritime
DMS Maritime, formerly Defence Maritime Services, is a company providing port services to the Australian Defence Force and Marine Unit. It is a subsidiary of Serco.
History
Defence Maritime Services was founded in 1997 as a 50:50 joint ventu ...
. The four-man boats are designed to operate from the s, with three assigned to each ship, while the seventh and eighth were attached to the RAN Hydrographic School at . They are fitted with navigational and survey equipment and are unarmed.
Design and construction
Each ''Fantome''-class vessel displaces 7.48 tons, is long, has a beam of , and a draught of . They are fitted with two Volvo Penta AQAD 41D/SP290 diesels, connected to twooutdrive
A sterndrive or inboard/outboard drive (I/O) is a form of marine propulsion which combines inboard power with outboard drive. The engine sits just forward of the transom while the drive unit (outdrive or drive leg) lies outside the hull.
Operat ...
s, which allow the vessels to reach . They are fitted with a JRC JMA-2141 navigation radar and SMBs on the Hydrographic Ships have Atlas Deso 30 single beam echo sounders, MBES Fansweep 20 multibeam echosounders and CMAX TLW Side Scan Sonar. They are also fitted with Fugro Seastar 3100 WAdGPS for horizontal positioning and POSMV as the position monitoring system. Four personnel crew each vessel; one officer/senior sailor and three sailors. The ''Fantome'' SMBs are unarmed.
All eight vessels were constructed by Pro Marine at Seaford, Victoria
Seaford is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 36 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Frankston local government area. Seaford recorded a population of 17,215 at the .
History
Seafor ...
.Wertheim, ''The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World'', p. 28 They entered service between October 1992 and July 1993.
The ''Fantome'' design was used as the basis for the Antarctic survey launch .
Operations
Six of the RAN's ''Fantome''-class boats are carried on board its two s. Each of these ships can carry three survey motor boats.Wertheim, ''The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World'', p. 26 The other two boats were originally operated by DMS Marine under contract to the RAN and are stationed at the Navy's Hydrographic School at in Sydney, but by 2010, these vessels were under direct RAN control. DMS Maritime maintains all eight boats.
Vessels
The nine boats are:Saunders, ''Jane's Fighting Ships 2008–09'', p. 33 *SMB 1005 ''Investigator'' aken out of service 2001*SMB 1006 ''Fantome'' *SMB 1007 ''Meda'' *SMB 1008 ''Duyfken'' *SMB 1009 ''Tom Thumb'' *SMB 1010 ''John Gowland'' *SMB 1011 ''Geographe'' *SMB 1012 ''Casuarina'' *SMB 1021 ''Condor''
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