Fantome-class survey motor boat

	John Gowland on Sydney Harbour in 2010
Class overview
Name	Fantome class
Builders	Pro Marine, Seaford, Victoria
Operators	Royal Australian Navy; DMS Maritime;
In service	October 1992 – present
Completed	8
Active	8
General characteristics
Type	Survey motor boat
Displacement	7.48 tons
Length	10.7 m (35 ft)
Beam	2.9 m (9.5 ft)
Draught	0.6 m (2.0 ft)
Propulsion	2 × Volvo Penta AQAD 41D/SP290 diesels; 2 outdrives;
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Crew	1 officer, 3 enlisted
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 × JRC JMA-2141 navigation radar; STN Atlas Elektronik Deso 22 echo sounder; Can carry portable side-scan mapping sonars;

The Fantome class is a class of eight small survey motor boats (SMBs) operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and DMS Maritime. The four-man boats are designed to operate from the Leeuwin-class survey vessels, with three assigned to each ship, while the seventh and eighth were attached to the RAN Hydrographic School at HMAS Penguin. They are fitted with navigational and survey equipment and are unarmed.

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