7.25m Special Ops RHIB Design #123

7.25m Special Ops RHIB – Design #123

This RHIB was designed to be deployed on the Coastal Patrol Frigates of the Canadian Department of National Defence (Navy). We were awarded the contract for this design in late June of 2012 and the first boats in the program had to be sea-trialled and operational 4 months later.

Nevertheless, despite the tight schedule and immensely restrictive technical specification our collaboration with Kanter Marine, Ontario has resulted in another quality product. Performance-wise all of the stipulated contractual requirements were met and/or exceeded. 

Particularly pleasing is the performance of the Volvo Penta Aquamatic D4 260Hp Duoprop engine and drive combination which delivers superb acceleration and exceeds the top speed requirements of the fully loaded vessel.

This design features a fold down Radar Arch to enable the trailered vessel to be transported by a Lockheed C120. The sliding & folding deck seating was custom designed by DVDesign according to DND requirements and can be switched to fully shock-mitigating if required. Fuel capacity is a miserly 205 litres due to overall weight restrictions but this can be increased if required.

Well done again to Kanter Marine for translating our design into a quality product.