Survey Motor Boat (SMB)

Survey Motor Boat Meda
Type
Hydrographic Survey Support
Builder
Pro Marine, Seaford, Victoria
Dimensions & Displacement
Displacement 7.48 tonnes
Length 10.7 metres
Beam 2.9 metres
Draught 0.6 metres
Performance
Speed 28 knots
Complement
Crew 1 officer, 3 sailors
Propulsion
Machinery
  • 2 x Volvo Penta AQAD 41D/SP290 diesels
  • 2 outdrives

The Royal Australian Navy operates a small fleet of eight Fantome Class survey motor boats (SMB). These hydrographic survey boats operate from the Leeuwin Class AGS surveying ships.

The SMB fleet comprises eight boats:

  • 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
HMAS Leeuwin launching her Survey Motor Boat to conduct oceanographic surveys off the coast of Exmouth, Western Australia.
HMAS Leeuwin launching her Survey Motor Boat to conduct oceanographic surveys off the coast of Exmouth, Western Australia.
Royal Australian Navy personnel sail one of HMAS Melville's Survey Motor Boats from Tonga Navy establishment HMNB Masefield in Nukuʻalofa, Tonga.
Royal Australian Navy personnel sail one of HMAS Melville's Survey Motor Boats from Tonga Navy establishment HMNB Masefield in Nukuʻalofa, Tonga.

 

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