DMS Maritime, formerly Defence Maritime Services, is a company providing port services to the

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and

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. It is a subsidiary of

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History

Defence Maritime Services was founded in 1997 as a 50:50

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between

P&O Maritime Services P&O Maritime Logistics (formerly known as ''P&O Maritime'') has been operating in the maritime industry since the 1960s. The company has evolved over the years, they are active in the offshore renewables space and provide a wide variety vessels t ...

and

to fulfill a contract to organise tug boats and ferries and supply and maintain small boats for the

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(RAN). In 2012, Serco bought out P&O's shareholding. Headquartered in Sydney, it has operations in Cairns,

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, Dampier,

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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 A lighter is a portable device which creates a flame, and can be used to ignite a variety of items, such as cigarettes, gas lighter, fireworks, candles or campfires. It consists of a metal or plastic container filled with a flammable liquid or c ...

at RAN bases, training members of the RAN, and maintaining RAN warships.

Vessels operated

Auxiliaries

General-purpose tenders *'' Seahorse Spirit'' *''

Seahorse Standard ''Seahorse Standard'' was a multi-purpose vessel operated by Defence Maritime Services under contract to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She was based at in Western Australia. The vessel was engaged in March 2014 in the search for Malaysia ...

'' Both Vessels have been Retired and removed from DMS Service. Submarine rescue and escape shipsSubmarine search and rescue capability boosted
''

Navy Daily A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It include ...

'' 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 Crane stores lighter Boronia at FBE in September 2012

Crane stores lighter Boronia at FBE in September 2012

*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 DMS lighter Feb08

*''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 MV ''Sycamore'' is a training ship built to support the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) by Netherlands shipbuilders Damen Group. The vessel was built in Damen's shipyard in Haiphong, Vietnam and launched in 2016. The ship is operated for the RAN b ...

'' (owned by DMS, crewed by

Teekay 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 ''Seahorse Mercator'' is a navigational training vessel operated by Defence Maritime Services under contract to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She is a modified version of the design and is based at in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital c ...

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