Richardson Devine Marine

Richardson Devine Marine is an Australian company, situated in Tasmania on Hobart's Derwent River.

Richardson Devine Marine

Company type	Proprietary limited company
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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

2009 Tasmanian Export Awards^[5]

Records

^[relevant?]

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	Manly Fast Ferry	Australia	PF
		15m	George Bass	Inter Island Ferries (Aust)	Australia	PF
		23m	SeaMelbourne		Australia	PF
			Australian Spirit		Australia	PF
			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
		32m	Discovery	World Heritage Cruises	Australia	PF
		16m	Cuttlefish	Cuttlefish Cruises	Australia	PF
	045	35m	Eagle	World Heritage Cruises	Australia	PF	[12]
	046	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
	047	45m	Ipipiri	Hauraki Blue Cruises	New Zealand	PF	[13]
	048	24m	Unlimited		Australia	WB	[14]
	049	35m	Kilimanjaro	Azam Marine	Tanzania	PF	[15]
	050	28.6m	Limitless		Australia	WB
	051	35m	Kilimanjaro II	Azam Marine	Tanzania	PF	[15]
	052	28m	Strait Shooter	Carpentaria Contracting	Australia	WB
	053	45m	Cat Cocos Isle of La Digue	Inter Island Boats	Seychelles	PF
	054	38m	Kilimanjaro III	Azam Marine	Tanzania	PF	[15]
	055	35m	Outer Limit		Australia	WB	[16]
	056	26m	Cahaya Baru	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Cocos Islands	PF	[17]
	057	45m	Kilimanjaro IV	Azam Marine	Tanzania	PF	[15]
	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	[18]
	061	24m	Annabelle Rankin	Captain Cook Cruises	Australia	PF	[19]
	062	39m	Kilimanjaro V	Azam Marine	Tanzania	PF	[15]
	063	24m	Violet McKenzie	Captain Cook Cruises	Australia	PF	[20]
	064	39m	Kilimanjaro VI	Azam Marine	Tanzania	PF	[21]
	065	35m	Harbour Master	World Heritage Cruises	Australia	PF	[22]
	066	21m	Sealink	Tommy Lyons	Australia	PF	[23]
	067	12m	Cockle Bay	Captain Cook Cruises	Australia	PF	[24]
	068	12m	Blackwattle Bay	Captain Cook Cruises	Australia	PF	[24]
	069,070	21m	Passenger Transfer Barges	Harbour of Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	WB	[25]
	071	26m	Cat Cocos – Isle of La Digue	Inter Island Boats	Seychelles	PF	[26]
	072	33m	Spirit of the Wild	Gordon River Cruises	Australia	PF	[27]
	073	45m	Kilimanjaro VII	Azam Marine	Tanzania	PF	[28]
	074	29m	Freya (MR2)	Mona	Australia	PF	[29]
	075	44.9m	Bruny Island Ferry #1 (Nairana)	SeaLink Travel Group	Australia	VF	[30]
	076	44.9m	Bruny Island Ferry #2 (Parrabah)	SeaLink Travel Group	Australia	VF	[31]
	077	35m	Harbour Master II	World Heritage Cruises	Australia	PF	[32]
	078	53m	Kilimanjaro VIII	Azam Marine	Tanzania	PF	[33]
	079	24m	Odalisque III	Tasmanian Expedition Cruises	Australia	PF	[34]
	080	12m	Daphne	Work Barge	Australia	PF	[35]
	081	24m	Frances Bodkin	Sydney Ferries	Australia	Parramatta	[36]
	082	24m	John Nutt	Sydney Ferries	Australia	Parramatta	[36]
	083	24m	Isobel Bennett	Sydney Ferries	Australia	Parramatta	[36]
	084	24m	Martin Green	Sydney Ferries	Australia	Parramatta	[36]
	085	24m	Ruby Payne-Scott	Sydney Ferries	Australia	Parramatta	[36]
	086	24m	Norman Selfe	Sydney Ferries	Australia	Parramatta	[36]
	087	24m	Jack Mundey	Sydney Ferries	Australia	Parramatta	[36]
	088	35m	Strait Shooter II	Carpentaria Contracting	Australia	WB	[37]

As international deliveries of ferries is challenging, Richardson Devine Marine uses heavy lift ships like the Thorco Clairvaux.^[38]