SMB Adventure
| History | |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | |
| Name | Adventure |
| Launched | 1998 |
| Out of service | 2022 |
| Identification | Pennant number: A05 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Survey Motor Boat |
| Type | Catamaran |
| Displacement | 9 tonnes |
| Length | 9.7 m (32 ft) |
| Beam | 3.5 m (11 ft) |
| Draught | 0.7 m (2.3 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2 x Volvo-Penta AD31P/DP 4-cylinder diesels (150 hp each) |
| Speed |
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| Range | 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) |
| Complement | 3 crew, with up to 6 shore support party |
SMB Adventure is an inshore Survey Motor Boat of the Royal New Zealand Navy and part of the Navy's Deployable Hydrographic Unit. She is not a commissioned ship, and was usually transported on and operated as a tender from HMNZS Resolution. Adventure is capable of independent operations and short coastal passages.
SMB Adventure was built in Kumeu, North Auckland, in 1998.[1] A catamaran hull was chosen to give a wide working area aft and allow the multibeam echo sounder to be retracted between the hulls.
References
- ^ Saunders, p. 561
Bibliography
- Saunders, Stephen (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009–2010. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0-71062-888-6.