Richardson Devine Marine
Richardson Devine Marine is an Australian company, situated in Tasmania on Hobart's Derwent River. Hobart is the capital of Australia's island state.
Type | Proprietary limited company |
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Industry | Shipbuilding |
Founded | 1989[1] |
Headquarters | Hobart, Tasmania |
Products | Ferry catamarans, Work Boats |
Website | www.rdm.com.au |
The company specialises in the manufacture of aluminium passenger ferry and cruise/charter vessels as well as commercial work boats.
A number of vessels are based on designs from Incat Crowther.[2] The company has also paired with Off Shore Unlimited[3] to produce a line of offshore working boats.
Multiple passenger vessels operate on Sydney Harbour, Sydney Australia, in the South West Tasmania World Heritage Wilderness Area, New Zealand, Japan and Zanzibar, Tanzania.[4]
The company has received some support from Austrade through Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) scheme.
Awards
2009 Tasmanian Export Awards[5]
Records
A world waterskiing record of 114 Skiers by the Horsehead Water Ski Club on 28 March 2010 was set utilizing the vessel Eagle.[6]
This record was again broken utilizing the Eagle on 27 January 2012[7] with 145 skiers making the nautical mile journey.
Deliveries
Image | Hull No | Length | Latest name | Operator | Country | Class | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17.5m | Matthew Flinders | Bass & Flinders Cruises | Australia | PF | |||
15m | George Bass | Inter Island Ferries (Aust) | Australia | PF | |||
23m | SeaMelbourne | Australia | PF | ||||
N/A | Australian Spirit | Australia | PF | ||||
N/A | Halicat | Australia | PF | [8] | |||
24m | Wanderer II | World Heritage Cruises | Australia | PF | |||
26m | Wanderer III | World Heritage Cruises | Australia | PF | |||
25m | Peppermint Bay I (Lady Jane Franklin) | Peppermint Bay Cruises | Australia | PF | |||
24m | Marana | Port Arthur Historic Site | Australia | PF | [9] | ||
29m | Adventurer | New Zealand | PF | ||||
32m | Lady Jane Franklin II | Gordon River Cruises | Australia | PF | [10] | ||
31m | Patea Explorer | Real Journeys | New Zealand | PF | |||
22m | Peppermint Bay II | Peppermint Bay Cruises | Australia | PF | [11] | ||
23m | Luminosa | Real Journeys | New Zealand | PF | |||
35m | Eagle | World Heritage Cruises | Australia | PF | [12] | ||
32m | Discovery | World Heritage Cruises | Australia | PF | |||
32m | Premium Dream | 石垣島ドリーム観光 Ishigaki Dream Tours石垣島ドリーム観光 | Japan | PF | |||
048 | 24m | Unlimited | Australia | WB | [13] | ||
35m | Kilimanjaro | Azam Marine | Tanzania | PF | [14] | ||
050 | 28.6m | Limitless | Australia | WB | |||
051 | 35m | Kilimanjaro II | Azam Marine | Tanzania | PF | [15] | |
052 | 28m | Strait Shooter | Australia | WB | |||
053 | 45m | Cat Cocos Isle of La Digue | Inter Island Boats | Seychelles | PF | ||
054 | 38m | Kilimanjaro III | Azam Marine | Tanzania | PF | [16] | |
055 | 35m | Outer Limit | Australia | WB | [17] | ||
056 | 26m | Cahaya Baru | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Cocos Islands | PF | [18] | |
057 | 45m | Kilimanjaro IV | Azam Marine | Tanzania | PF | [19] | |
058 | 32m | Super Dream | Ishigaki Dream Tours石垣島ドリーム観光 | Japan | PF | ||
059 | 24m | Elizabeth Cook | Captain Cook Cruises | Australia | PF | ||
060 | 24m | Mary Reibey | Captain Cook Cruises | Australia | PF | ||
061 | 24m | Annabelle Rankin | Captain Cook Cruises | Australia | PF | ||
062 | 39m | Kilimanjaro V | Azam Marine | Tanzania | PF | [20] | |
063 | 24m | Violet McKenzie | Captain Cook Cruises | Australia | PF | [21] | |
45m | Ipipiri | Hauraki Blue Cruises | New Zealand | PF | [22] | ||
064 | 39m | Kilimanjaro VI | Azam Marine | Tanzania | PF | ||
065 | 35m | Harbour Master | World Heritage Cruises | Australia | PF | [23] | |
066 | 21m | Sealink | Tommy Lyons | Australia | PF | ||
067 | Cockle Bay | Captain Cook Cruises | Australia | PF | |||
068 | Blackwattle Bay | Captain Cook Cruises | Australia | PF | |||
069,070 | 21M | Harbour of Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | WB | |||
071 | 26m | Cat Cocos – Isle of La Digue | Inter Island Boats | Seychelles | PF | ||
072 | 33m | Spirit of the Wild | Gordon River Cruises | Australia | PF | ||
073 | 45m | Kilimanjaro VII | Azam Marine | Tanzania | PF | UC | |
074 | 29m | Freya (MR2) | Mona | Australia | PF | ||
075 | 44.9m | Bruny Island Ferry #1 | SeaLink Travel Group | Australia | VF | ||
076 | 44.9m | Bruny Island Ferry #2 | SeaLink Travel Group | Australia | VF | ||
077 | 35m | Harbour Master II | World Heritage Cruises | Australia | PF | ||
16m | Cuttlefish | Cuttlefish Cruises | Australia | PF | |||
As international deliveries of ferries is challenging, Richardson Devine Marine uses heavy lift ships like the Thorco Clairvaux.[24]
References
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- "welcome to offshore unlimited". Off Shore Unlimited. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
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- "World Water Ski Record". World Heritage Cruises. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- "Tasmanian Boat Builders and Ship Builders from the Register of Australian and New Zealand Vessels". Mori Flapan. 10 February 2005.
- "Port Arthur Memories Revisited". Port Arthur Historic Site. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- "Experience the Tasmanian Wilderness". Gordon River Cruises. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
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- "Outer Limit". Off Shore Unlimited. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- "'Cahaya Baru' Ferry". Cocos Keeling Islands. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- "Catamarans". Azam Marine. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- "Catamarans". Azam Marine. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- "Fourth Generation Vessel Joins Captain Cook Cruises Fleet". Sealink Travel Group. 1 December 2014.
- "About Ipipiri". Hauraki Blue Cruises. 1 December 2014.
- "New cat ready for wilderness debut". The Mercury Newspaper Tasmania. 29 March 2016.
- "heavy lift ship from Thorco be loaded with catamaran ferry". www.soefart.dk/. 26 March 2015.