MV Cape Don

No AIS position on record for this vessel. Identity and particulars are below.

Identity & particulars

Name

MV Cape Don

IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?

5415169

MMSIWhat is an MMSI?

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Call signWhat is a call sign?

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Flag

WikidataSource: Wikidata, record Q6719342$DD79A531-7F8E-4334-B5AD-1FE3B09D5BFA P8047. Added to Voydar on September 29, 2026. Licence: CC0 1.0.Australia

Vessel type

Museum ship

Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight

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Length overall

74.1 m

Beam

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Year built

1963

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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.

Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.

Frequently asked questions

Where is MV Cape Don now?

Voydar has no displayable AIS position for MV Cape Don in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.

What kind of ship is MV Cape Don?

MV Cape Don is a museum ship sailing under the flag of Australia, built in 1963 by State Dockyard. The vessel is 74.1 m long.

What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for MV Cape Don?

Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for MV Cape Don from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for MV Cape Don. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.