MV Sycamore

Sycamores design is based on that of the Damen OPV 2400 design for a 2,400-tonne offshore patrol vessel. The ship is long The ship is powered by two diesel engines driving two shafts. Sycamore is equipped with Terma Scanter radar with a DBHG stabilized antenna and Terma C-Flex for support of the training mission of the vessel. She has a multi-use space, which can be configured to help cope with disasters. Sycamore will operate with two crews of 22 personnel who will maintain the vessel. The ship can accommodate up to 71 ADF personnel overnight. ==Construction and career==

A tender was submitted by the Australian government for the construction of an offshore patrol vessel. The Abbott government chose the Damen Group's proposal to build the vessel in Vietnam as they found that no Australian shipbuilder was capable of building the type of ship requested in the tender within the budget and time frame required. Military personnel provide the actual training aboard the vessel. She arrived at Sydney on 26 June that year. Sycamore entered service with the RAN on 4 August 2017. In 2021 the RAN entered into negotiations with Damen to purchase a ship based on Sycamores design that could be used for humanitarian assistance in the Pacific. These negotiations ended in failure, and the RAN acquired a secondhand offshore supply vessel instead which entered service in 2022 as the ADV Reliant. ==References==