This is a list of vessels operated by the Australian company Defence Maritime Services (DMS). All vessels provide support to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) under contracts between the RAN and DMS.
This is a list of vessels operated by the Australian company Defence Maritime Services (DMS). All vessels provide support to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) under contracts between the RAN and DMS.
General-purpose tenders [1]
Navigational training ship [2]
Submarine rescue and escape ships [3]
60-ton flat-top lighters [2]
Southerly 65 class diving tenders [2]
Miscellaneous concrete ammunition lighters [2]
Wattle class crane stores lighters [2]
Steber 43 naval general purpose workboats [4]
Noosacat 930 harbour personnel boats [4]
Riviera class VIP launch [4]
Admiral's barge [4]
Shark Cat 800 harbour personnel boats [4]
Naval work boats [4]
Halvorsen-design workboat [5]
40-foot Mk 1 and 1963-design workboats [5]
AWB Mod. II workboat [5]
AWB short and long group cabin workboats [5]
7.2 metre rigid-hulled inflatable boats [5]
Radio controlled surface targets [5]
Wallaby-class water and fuel lighters [5]
Torpedo recovery craft [6]
Compact tug
Tug/workboat
Coastal tugs [6]
Medium harbour tug [6]
Bronzewing-classharbour tug [7]
Aviation training ship
Sail training craft [7]
Swarbrick III class small training yachts [7]
ASI 315 class navigation and seamanship training craft [7]
The United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, and United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) use a hull classification symbol to identify their ships by type and by individual ship within a type. The system is analogous to the pennant number system that the Royal Navy and other European and Commonwealth navies use.
Sydney Heritage Fleet, is the trading name of Sydney Maritime Museum Ltd., a public (non-profit) company in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
MT Deerhound is a Dog-class medium berthing tugboat built for the Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service (RMAS) in 1966 by Appledore Shipbuilders, Appledore, North Devon.
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 Pacific class patrol boat design and is based at HMAS Waterhen in Sydney.
The Fantome class is a class of eight small survey motor boats (SMBs) operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and DMS Maritime. The four-man boats are designed to operate from the Leeuwin-class survey vessels, with three assigned to each ship, while the seventh and eighth were attached to the RAN Hydrographic School at HMAS Penguin. They are fitted with navigational and survey equipment and are unarmed.
TRV Tuna (801) was one of three Torpedo Recovery Vessels operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Defence Maritime Services (DMS). Ordered in 1969, the vessel, originally identified as TRV 253, was completed in 1970 and assigned to the torpedo firing range at Jervis Bay. The ship received a name and the pennant number "TRV 801" in 1983. In 1988, the three vessels were sold to DMS. Tuna was assigned to the naval base at HMAS Creswell in Jervis Bay. Tuna was active in DMS service as of 2007.
TRV Trevally (802) was one of three Torpedo Recovery Vessels operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Defence Maritime Services (DMS). Ordered in 1969, the vessel, originally identified as TRV 254, was completed in 1970 and assigned to the naval base HMAS Waterhen in Sydney. The ship received a name and the pennant number "TRV 802" in 1983. In 1988, the three vessels were sold to DMS. Trevally remained at Waterhen under DMS control. Trevally was active in DMS service as of 2007.
TRV Tailor (803) was one of three Torpedo Recovery Vessels operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Defence Maritime Services (DMS). Ordered in 1969, the vessel, originally identified as TRV 255, was completed in 1971 and assigned to the naval base HMAS Waterhen in Sydney. The ship received a name and the pennant number "TRV 803" in 1983. In 1988, the three vessels were sold to DMS. Tailor was assigned to the naval base HMAS Creswell in Western Australia. Tailor was decommissioned in 2018.
DT Quokka (1801) was a medium harbour tug operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) until 1998. She was constructed by Shoreline Engineers, Portland, Victoria in 1982 and completed in December 1983. Quokka spent most of her RAN career at HMAS Stirling in Western Australia, except for a brief stint in Darwin, and was sold in 1998.
The Khobi class is a class of replenishment oiler built for the Soviet navy between 1953 and 1958.
The Ondatra class is a class of landing craft built for the Soviet Navy and Russian Navy between 1971 and 2009.
The Fish class was a ship class of three torpedo recovery vessels previously operated by Defence Maritime Services (DMS).
The Bronzewing-class harbour tug was a class of four tugs constructed for the Royal Australian Navy.
The Craft of Opportunity Program (COOP) was a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) acquisition program intended to supplement the navy's mine warfare capability with civilian vessels that could be quickly converted into minesweepers. Vessels acquired under COOP were not commissioned into the RAN, and instead operated with the prefix "MSA".
The Wattle-class crane stores lighter is class of three Australian-built lighters which have supported the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) since 1972. The vessels were originally operated by the RAN, but were transferred to DMS Maritime after 1997.
GSL class of personnel ferries are series of six service craft built by state owned Goa Shipyard Limited, Vasco for Indian Navy. They are general purpose utility auxiliary watercraft used for transportation of personnel in harbour. The vessels stationed at Mumbai harbour are planned to be succeeded by Manoram class ferry.
The Madan Singh class of tugboats are series of service watercraft built by Tebma Shipyard Limited, for Indian navy during 1999. Propulsion is provided by Voith Schneider Propellers. The Nakul-class tugboat is a follow-up order of the Madan Singh-class tugboat.
The Wallaby-class water and fuel lighter is class of four Australian-built lighters which have supported the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) since 1981. The vessels were originally operated by the RAN, but were transferred to DMS Maritime after 1997.
Seahorse Spirit is a multi-purpose vessel operated by Defence Maritime Services under contract to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She is based at Westernport, Victoria.
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