NQEA

NQEA Pty Ltd
Founded	1948; 77 years ago
Headquarters	Cairns, Australia
Services	Ship builder
Website	www.nqea.com.au

NQEA Pty Ltd^[1] is an engineering and shipbuilding company based in Cairns, Australia. The company was founded in 1948 as an engineering supply company named North Queensland Engineers & Agents, then expanded in 1966 into shipbuilding and was renamed.^[2]

NQEA has built several ships for the Royal Australian Navy (including the Fremantle-class patrol boats and Leeuwin-class survey ships).^[3] The company was contracted to build modules to form the hulls of the Hobart-class air warfare destroyer project in May 2009, but lost the contract a month later to BAE Systems Australia after admissions that an internal restructuring may lead to difficulties meeting the contracted obligations.^[4]

The company has also built catamaran ferries for the State Transit Authority (now operated by Sydney Ferries), London based Thames Clippers, and operators in French Polynesia and the Netherlands.^[5]^[6]

Ships built

Fremantle-class patrol boats^[3]
RiverCats
- Betty Cuthbert^[7]
- Dawn Fraser^[8]
- Evonne Goolagong^[9]
- Marlene Mathews
- Marjorie Jackson
- Nicole Livingstone
- Shane Gould
Leeuwin-class survey ships^[3]
- HMAS Leeuwin
- HMAS Melville
Thames Clippers ferries^[6]
- Hurricane Clipper
- Sun Clipper
- Moon Clipper

References

^ Aimtek Pty Ltd formerly NQEA Australia Pty Ltd formerly North Queensland Engineers & Agents Pty Ltd Australian Securities & Investments Commission
^ North Queensland Engineers and Agents Pty Ltd (1948 - c. 1990) Encyclopedia of Australian Science
^ ^a ^b ^c Saunders, Stephen (2005). Jane's Fighting Ships 2004-2005. Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. pp. 30–31. ISBN 0-7106-2623-1.
^ Grevatt, Jon (30 June 2009). "NQEA loses block-building deal for Australian destroyers". Jane's Navy International. Jane's information Group.
^ "River Runner Vessels". NQEA. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Our Fleet" (PDF). Thames Clippers. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
^ Betty Cuthbert Ferries of Sydney
^ Dawn Fraser Ferries of Sydney
^ Evonne Goolagong Ferries of Sydney

[1] Aimtek Pty Ltd formerly NQEA Australia Pty Ltd formerly North Queensland Engineers & Agents Pty Ltd Australian Securities & Investments Commission

[2] North Queensland Engineers and Agents Pty Ltd (1948 - c. 1990) Encyclopedia of Australian Science

[Janes-3] Saunders, Stephen (2005). Jane's Fighting Ships 2004-2005. Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. pp. 30–31. ISBN 0-7106-2623-1.

[4] Grevatt, Jon (30 June 2009). "NQEA loses block-building deal for Australian destroyers". Jane's Navy International. Jane's information Group.

[5] "River Runner Vessels". NQEA. Retrieved 18 May 2015.

[ThamesClippers-6] "Our Fleet" (PDF). Thames Clippers. Retrieved 18 May 2015.

[7] Betty Cuthbert Ferries of Sydney

[8] Dawn Fraser Ferries of Sydney

[9] Evonne Goolagong Ferries of Sydney

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