Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (service hydrographique et oc anographique de la marine or SHOM) is a French administrative public body ( tablissement public caract re administratif) administered by the Ministry of Defence. It was set up by decree number 2007-800 on 11 May 2007. Its board is presided over by the chef d' tat-major de la marine and the body is directed by a director-general. SHOM is made up of oceanographic and hydrographic groups, as well as a school, and employs 500 naval and civil personnel. Its fleets consists of 5 boats: the Beautemps-Beaupr, the Borda, the Lap rouse, the Laplace and the Pourquoi-Pas ?. SHOM works in cooperation with many other national organisations, including IFREMER (with whom it shares the Pourquoi-Pas ?), M t o-France, the CNRS, the University of Western Brittany and the IGN.