cairns australia services ship builder owner don fry website www.nqea.com.au hmas townsville in 1990 rivercat shane gould in may 2006 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 edit fremantle class patrol boats 3 hmas warrnambool hmas townsville hmas wollongong hmas launceston hmas whyalla hmas ipswich hmas cessnock hmas bendigo hmas gawler hmas geraldton hmas dubbo hmas geelong hmas gladstone hmas bunbury 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 edit 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 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nqea australia & oldid 704200170 categories companies based in queenslandengineering companies of australiashipbuilding companies of australiashipyards of australia1948 establishments in australia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 february 2016 at 04 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view