ADV
Ocean Protector

ADV Ocean Protector
Type
Auxiliary Naval Vessel
Role Border Protection
International Callsign
VHDM
Home Port
Builder
Aker Yards ASA, Tulcea, Romania
Launched
28 January 2007
Dimensions & Displacement
Displacement 8500 tonnes full load
Length 105.9 metres
Beam 21.02 metres
Draught 6.6 metres
Performance
Speed 16 knots
Range 23.00 NM at 14 knots
Complement
Crew
  • 22 civilian crew
  • 50 ADF/ABF personnel
Propulsion
Machinery
  • 4x Diesel Engines
  • 2x Electric Motors
  • 2x Directional Propellers
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The Royal Australian Navy’s Operation Resolute Patrol Vessel ADV Ocean Protector (OP) is a Romanian built former ROV support vessel launched on 28 January 2007 as GEO Bergen. Renamed Skandi Bergen in July of 2007 she entered service, under charter from DOF Subsea, for the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service in October 2010 as Ocean Protector, the replacement for Ocean Viking.

Purchased from DOF Subsea in 2015 by the Australian Government, her management and control was handed to the RAN in 2016. Teekay shipping, as the Contracted Vessel Operator (CVO), provide the operating crew for OP with all customs, border protection and enforcement duties conducted by embarked ABF and TSE personnel. A billeted, embarked Naval Liaison Officer (NLO) provides the coordination between Teekay and ABF/TSE.

OP provides, in conjunction with other fleet assets, a continuous presence in Australia’s EEZ.

ADV Ocean Protector