Seafox drone
The Seafox is an anti-mine remotely operated vehicle (ROV) manufactured by German company Atlas Elektronik to locate and destroy ground and moored mines. There are two versions and a training version. The orange Seafox-I "inspection" variant has sonar and an Inertial navigation system, and the black Seafox-C "combat" round has a 1.4 kg shaped charge warhead. The system is in service with eleven Navies across seventy platforms.
 HMS Bangor deploys Seafox-C off Libya in 2011 | |
| Class overview | |
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| Name: | SeaFox |
| Builders: | Atlas Elektronik |
| Operators: |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Unmanned Undersea Vehicle |
| Length: | 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) |
| Propulsion: | Four independent motors plus hover thruster |
| Speed: | Max. 4kn |
| Range: | 1 km (0.62 mi) |
| Endurance: | ~ 800m |
Seafox-I of the Finnish Navy
Service history
In 2001 the Royal Navy leased some Seafox drones for use on HMS Bangor and HMS Blyth off Iraq as part of Operation Telic. The Bangor also deployed them off Libya in 2011.
External links
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- Official website
- Atlas Elektronik - Minehunting and Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
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