DT Tammar (2601)

DT Tammar (2601) was a coastal tug operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) until 1998. She was constructed by the Australian Ship Building Industries, Western Australia. Tammar spent her RAN career at HMAS Stirling, Western Australia until sold in 1998.

History
Australia
Name: Tammar
Namesake: The tammar wallaby
Builder: Australian Ship Building Industries, Western Australia
Laid down: 20 April 1983
Launched: 10 March 1984
Commissioned: 15 March 1984
Decommissioned: 1998
Identification: IMO number: 8310580
Status: Active in private service as of 2011
General characteristics
Displacement: 267 tons
Length: 27 metres (89 ft)
Beam: 8.86 metres (29.1 ft)
Draught: 3.58 metres (11.7 ft)
Speed: 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)

Tammar is now operated by Defence Maritime Services.[1]

Notes

  1. Wertheim 2007, p. 32.

References

  • Wertheim, Eric (2007). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World (15th ed.). Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-955-X.


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