MV Cape Don
lighthouse tender · Australia
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- MV Cape Don
- IMO number
- 5415169
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Vessel type
- lighthouse tender
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 74.1 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1963
- Builder
- State Dockyard
- Registered owner
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- Operator
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Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About MV Cape Don
MV Cape Don is a museum and training ship and former research vessel and lighthouse tender in Waverton, New South Wales, Australia. She is the only remaining Australian lighthouse supply ship and is listed on the Australian Register of Historic Vessels. Built and launched by the State Dockyard at Newcastle, New South Wales in 1962 for the Commonwealth Lighthouse Service, she serviced the lighthouses, lightships and buoys of the Australian coast from 1963 to 1990. She was also used as a research vessel, and was involved in numerous high-profile scientific expeditions including the salvage of two of HMS Investigator's anchors. Cape Don is being restored by the MV Cape Don Society, which is overseen by the Sea Heritage Foundation. She is berthed at the former coal loading wharf in Balls Head Bay, Waverton, New South Wales.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is MV Cape Don now?
- MV Cape Don has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is MV Cape Don?
- MV Cape Don is a lighthouse tender sailing under the flag of Australia, built in 1963 by State Dockyard. The vessel is 74.1 m long.
- Has MV Cape Don been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for MV Cape Don appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).