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DMS Maritime, formerly Defence Maritime Services, is a company providing port services to the Australian Defence Force and
Defence Maritime Services was founded in 1997 as a 50:50
Submarine search and rescue capability boosted
'' Navy Daily'' 16 July 2015 * *
*CSL 01 ''Wattle''
*CSL 02 ''Boronia''
*CSL 03 ''Telopea''
Steber 43 naval general purpose workboats
*NGPWB 01 ''Patonga''
*NGPWB 02
*NGPWB 03
*NGPWB 04 ''Sea Dragon''
*NGPWB 05
*NGPWB 06
*NGPWB 07
*NGPWB 08
*NGPWB 09 ''Sea Witch''
*NGPWB 10
Noosacat 930 harbour personnel boats
*0901
*0902
*0903
*0904
Riviera class VIP launch
* 38103 ''Admiral Hudson''
Admiral's barge
*AB 1201 ''Green Parrot''
Shark Cat 800 harbour personnel boats
*0801
*0802
*0803
*0805
Naval work boats
*NWB 1230
*NWB 1260
*NWB 1281 ''Otter''
*NWB 1282 ''Walrus''
*NWB 1285 ''Grampus''
*NWB 1286 ''Dolphin''
*NWB 1287
*NWB 1288
*NWB 1289
*NWB 1290
*NWB 1291
*NWB 1292 ''Turtle''
Halvorsen-design workboat
*AWB 4011
40-foot Mk 1 and 1963-design workboats
*AWB 404
*AWB 421
*AWB 423
*AWB 424
*AWB 436
*AWB 440
*AWB 1658
*AWB 4006
*AWB 4007
AWB Mod. II workboat
*4010
AWB short and long group cabin workboats
*''Amethyst''
*4002
7.2 metre 
*''Wallaby''
*''Wombat''
*''Warrigal''
*''Wyulda''
All vessels have been retired and Replaced by larger, newer and safer designed craft post 2017.
Torpedo recovery craft
* 446 ''Tuna''
* 447 ''Trevally''
* 448 ''Tailor''
Withdrawn and no longer operated. Vessels have been sold to private owners.
Compact tug
*''Tancred'' - Damen ASD Tug 2310
Tug/workboat
*''Wattle'' - Damen Stan Tug 1606
Coastal tugs
*2601 ''Tammar''
*''Seahorse Quenda''
*''Seahorse Chuditch''
*''Elwing'' - Damen Standard built ASD 2411
*''Waree'' - Damen Standard built ASD 2411
Medium harbour tug
*1801 ''Quokka''
*''Bronzewing''
*''Currawong''
*''Mollymawk''
Marine Unit
Police watercraft are boats or other vessels that are used by police agencies to patrol bodies of water. They are usually employed on major rivers, in enclosed harbors near cities or in places where a stronger presence than that offered by th ...
. It is a subsidiary of Serco.
History
Defence Maritime Services was founded in 1997 as a 50:50 joint venture
A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and economic risk, risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four rea ...
between P&O Maritime Services and Serco to fulfill a contract to organise tug boats and ferries and supply and maintain small boats for the Royal Australian Navy
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the principal naval force of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The professional head of the RAN is Chief of Navy (CN) Vice Admiral Mark Hammond AM, RAN. CN is also jointly responsible to the Minister of ...
(RAN). In 2012, Serco bought out P&O's shareholding.
Headquartered in Sydney, it has operations in Cairns, Darwin, Dampier, Fremantle, Western Port
Western Port, ( Boonwurrung: ''Warn Marin'') commonly but unofficially known as Western Port Bay, is a large tidal bay in southern Victoria, Australia, opening into Bass Strait. It is the second largest bay in the state. Geographically, it is ...
, Jervis Bay
Jervis Bay () is a oceanic bay and village on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, said to possess the whitest sand in the world.
A area of land around the southern headland of the bay is a territory of the Commonwealth of Australia ...
and Sydney. It currently operates eight oceangoing vessels and over 100 harbour craft and has around 350 staff. The services DMS is contracted to provide to the RAN include operating tug boat
A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that manoeuvres other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line. These boats typically tug ships in circumstances where they cannot or should not move under their own power, suc ...
s and lighters at RAN bases, training members of the RAN, and maintaining RAN warships.
Vessels operated
Auxiliaries
General-purpose tenders *''Seahorse Spirit
''Seahorse Spirit'' was a multi-purpose vessel operated by Defence Maritime Services under contract to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).Wertheim (2007), pp.28–29. She was based at Westernport, Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Vict ...
''
*'' Seahorse Standard''
Both Vessels have been Retired and removed from DMS Service.
Submarine rescue and escape ships'' Navy Daily'' 16 July 2015 * *
Yard and service craft
60-ton flat-top lighters *FTL 60101 *FTL 60102 *FTL 60103 *FTL 60104 *FTL 60105 *FTL 60107 *FTL 60108 *FTL 60109 *FTL 60110 *FTL 60111 *FTL 60112 *FTL 60113 *FTL 60114 *FTL 60115 *FTL 60116 *FTL 60117 *FTL 60118 *FTL 60119 *FTL 60120 *FTL 60121 Southerly 65 class diving tenders *2001 ''Dugong'' *2003 ''Seal'' *2004 ''Shark'' Miscellaneous concrete ammunition lighters *CAL 209 *CAL 5012 *CAL 10011 *CAL 10012 *CAL 10013 *CAL 10014 ''Wattle'' class crane stores lighters
*CSL 01 ''Wattle''
*CSL 02 ''Boronia''
*CSL 03 ''Telopea''
Steber 43 naval general purpose workboats
*NGPWB 01 ''Patonga''
*NGPWB 02
*NGPWB 03
*NGPWB 04 ''Sea Dragon''
*NGPWB 05
*NGPWB 06
*NGPWB 07
*NGPWB 08
*NGPWB 09 ''Sea Witch''
*NGPWB 10
Noosacat 930 harbour personnel boats
*0901
*0902
*0903
*0904
Riviera class VIP launch
* 38103 ''Admiral Hudson''
Admiral's barge
*AB 1201 ''Green Parrot''
Shark Cat 800 harbour personnel boats
*0801
*0802
*0803
*0805
Naval work boats
*NWB 1230
*NWB 1260
*NWB 1281 ''Otter''
*NWB 1282 ''Walrus''
*NWB 1285 ''Grampus''
*NWB 1286 ''Dolphin''
*NWB 1287
*NWB 1288
*NWB 1289
*NWB 1290
*NWB 1291
*NWB 1292 ''Turtle''
Halvorsen-design workboat
*AWB 4011
40-foot Mk 1 and 1963-design workboats
*AWB 404
*AWB 421
*AWB 423
*AWB 424
*AWB 436
*AWB 440
*AWB 1658
*AWB 4006
*AWB 4007
AWB Mod. II workboat
*4010
AWB short and long group cabin workboats
*''Amethyst''
*4002
7.2 metre rigid-hulled inflatable boat
A rigid inflatable boat (RIB), also rigid-hull inflatable boat or rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB), is a lightweight but high-performance and high-capacity boat constructed with a rigid hull bottom joined to side-forming air tubes that are i ...
s
*27 RHIBS, numbered 0701 through 0727
Radio controlled surface targets
*RCST 06
*RCST 07
*RCST 08
*RCST 09
*RCST 10
*RCST 11
''Wallaby''-class water and fuel lighters
*''Wallaby''
*''Wombat''
*''Warrigal''
*''Wyulda''
All vessels have been retired and Replaced by larger, newer and safer designed craft post 2017.
Torpedo recovery craft
* 446 ''Tuna''
* 447 ''Trevally''
* 448 ''Tailor''
Withdrawn and no longer operated. Vessels have been sold to private owners.
Compact tug
*''Tancred'' - Damen ASD Tug 2310
Tug/workboat
*''Wattle'' - Damen Stan Tug 1606
Coastal tugs
*2601 ''Tammar''
*''Seahorse Quenda''
*''Seahorse Chuditch''
*''Elwing'' - Damen Standard built ASD 2411
*''Waree'' - Damen Standard built ASD 2411
Medium harbour tug
*1801 ''Quokka''
*''Bronzewing''
*''Currawong''
*''Mollymawk''
Training craft
Aviation training ship *'' MV Sycamore'' (owned by DMS, crewed byTeekay
Teekay specialise in shipping crude oil.
History
Teekay was founded in 1973 by Torben Karlshoej, then a 31 year old Danish ship broker who had emigrated to the United States at the age of 20 and mostly worked on farms. The company was named "TK ...
)
Sail training craft
*850576 ''Salthorse''
Swarbrick III class small training yachts
*STY 3807 ''Alexander of Cresswell''
*STY 3808 ''Friendship of Leeuwin''
*STY 3809 ''Lady Peryhyn of Nirimba''
*STY 3810 ''Charlotte of Cerberus''
*STY 3811 ''Scarborough of Cerberus''
Tasar sail dinghies
*63 vessels, numbered between 1925 and 2546
ASI 315 class navigation and seamanship training craft
*'' Seahorse Mercator''
References
External links
{{P&O Shipping companies of Australia Companies based in Sydney Defence companies of Australia P&O (company) Serco Australian subsidiaries of foreign companies Australian companies established in 1997 Transport companies established in 1997