The Fantome class is a class of eight small survey motor boats operated by the Royal Australian Navy and DMS Maritime. The four-man boats are designed to operate from the Leeuwin-class survey vessels,
John Gowland on Sydney Harbour in 2010
Duyfken embarked on HMAS Leeuwin in October 2013
Fantome-class boats (left to right) Meda, Investigator, and Geographe rafted up to HMAS Leeuwin in May 2001
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A sterndrive or inboard/outboard drive 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 lies outside th
Fantome-class survey motor boat
…has a beam of 2.9 metres (9.5 ft), and a draught of 0.6 metres (2.0 ft). They are fitted with two Volvo Penta AQAD 41D/SP290 diesels, connected to two outdrives, which allow the vessels to reach 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph). They are fitted with a JRC JMA-2141 navigation radar and SMBs on the Hydrographic Ships…
The outdrive unit of a boat with sterndrive