DT Quokka (1801)

History
Australia
Name	Quokka
Namesake	The Quokka
Builder	Shoreline Engineers, Portland, Victoria.
Launched	October 1983
Completed	December 1983
Commissioned	1994
Decommissioned	1998
Identification	IMO number: 8222094
Status	Active in private service as of 2011
General characteristics
Type	Medium harbour tug
Displacement	110 tons
Length	18.17 metres (59.6 ft)
Beam	6.2 metres (20 ft)
Draught	2.4 metres (7.9 ft)
Speed	11.3 knots (20.9 km/h; 13.0 mph)

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.

Quokka is now operated by Defence Maritime Services.

References

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