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List of ships of Serco Marine Services

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List of ships of Serco Marine Services
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List of ships of Serco Marine Services is a list of active ships operated by Serco Marine Services in support of His Majesty's Naval Service (incl. Royal Navy, Royal Marines and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary).[1] As of 2025, Marine Services operates more than 90 vessels at six locations in the U.K.[2] at: Portsmouth, Devonport, Falmouth, Clyde and two at Inner Raasay Sound.

Vessels of the Marine Service range in length from 11 m to 93 m and displace from 12 to 3,600 gross tonnes. Serco employs some 600 to 650 mariners and engineers.[3][4]

The ships Kingdom of Fife and Cameron are provided by Briggs Marine who won a £100M subcontract from Serco Marine Services for the support and maintenance of the Royal Navy's navigational marks (or buoys) and moorings in the United Kingdom and overseas.[1][5]

In 2022, a £200m contract with Serco was signed extending the arrangement for a further 27 months commencing in December 2022. Under the arrangement, the Ministry of Defence has the option to extend that contract for up to six more months.[6] In 2025, a ten-year contract was signed to continue to deliver services to the mid-2030s. Under an additional and parallel contract Serco is to introduce 24 new vessels into service on behalf of the Naval Service replacing its older vessels.[7][8]

As of 2021, principal marine services in the Falkland Islands were provided by the contracted Netherlands Marine Services company Van Wijngaarden,[9] while in Gibraltar, marine services were provided by the vessels of Boluda Towage Europe which bought the previous Resolve Marine Group in February 2024.[10] Resolve had previously acquired T.P. Towage in 2015 and these vessels provide all harbour towage and other support services in and around the Port of Gibraltar.[11][12]

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List of ships

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All Serco non-military vessels fly the Red Ensign
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Ministry of Defence-owned managed vessels fly the Blue Ensign since 2008[13]
Worldwide support ship
Multi-purpose ship
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SD Northern River
  • SD Northern River (Offshore supply ship; reportedly employed for special forces operations and other duties including data gathering and submarine support)[15]
Moor-class diving support vessels
(Diving support/offshore supply vessels; entered service 1989; based at Kyle of Lochalsh[citation needed] )
Multicat 2510-class recovery vessels
  • SD Navigator (Recovery vessel; entered service 2009; based at Portsmouth[citation needed] )[18]
  • SD Raasay (Recovery vessel; entered service 2009; based at Kyle of Lochalsh[citation needed] )[19]
Multicat 2613-class utility boat
Recovery vessels
Coastal oilers
Damen ART 80-32 tug
Impulse-class tugs
(Class of two Azimuth Stern Drive Tugs, entered service in 1993; both based at Faslane)[28]
  • SD Impulse
  • SD Impetus
ASD 2509-class tugs
(Class of two harbour Tugs with four-man crews; entered service 2009; both based at Portsmouth)[29]
  • SD Independent
  • SD Indulgent
ATD 2909-class tugs
(Class of four Tugs; entered service 2009-2010; Bountiful based at Portsmouth; others at Faslane)
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SD Resourceful on the River Clyde
Twin Unit Tractor Tugs
(Class of five Tugs; entered service 1980-1985; all based at Devonport)
STAN 2608-class tugs
(Class of three Tugs; entered service 2009; Jupiter based at Faslane; Hercules and Mars at Devonport[citation needed] )
ASD 2009-class tugs
(Class of Four Tugs; entered service 2010; Deborah and Eileen based at Devonport; Christina and Suzanne at Portsmouth)
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SD Suzanne tug passing Portsmouth Point
Felicity-class water tractors
  • SD Florence (Tug; based at Devonport)[54]
  • SD Genevieve (Tug; Entered service 1980; based at Portsmouth)[55][56]
Pushy Cat 1204-class tugs
STAN 1405-class tug
Trials vessels
  • SD Warden (Mooring vessel; entered service 1989; experimental and trials support role; based at Kyle of Lochalsh)[60][61]
  • SD Kyle of Lochalsh (Tug; entered service 1997; based at Kyle of Lochalsh)[62]
Storm-class tenders
(Class of two Offshore Supply Ships; entered service 1997; both based at Devonport[citation needed] )
Newhaven-class tenders
(Class of three passenger vessels; entered service 2000-2001; Newhaven based at Devonport; Nutbourne and Netley at Portsmouth[citation needed] )
Padstow-class tender
Oban-class tenders
(Class of three naval auxiliary vessels; entered service 2000; Oban based at Devonport; Oronsay and Omagh at Faslane[citation needed] )
Personnel ferries
Fleet tenders
STAN 1505-class tenders
STAN 1905-class tenders
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See also

Lists of ships operated by or in support of His Majesty's Naval Service

References

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