The ship was laid down at the
Aker Yards ASA in
Tulcea, Romania on 25 August 2006 The ship was chartered to Customs through DMAA Seaforce. and intercepted two
asylum seeker boats off
Christmas Island in November 2010. In January 2012,
Ocean Protector retrieved three Australian anti-whaling activists who had boarded
MV Shōnan Maru 2. In November 2015, DOF announced the sale of the vessel to the Australian government for NOK 300 million, with the ship to be handed over in early 2016. Upon completion of the sale, the ship was renamed the Australian Defense Vessel (ADV)
Ocean Protector. livery. As of 2021, the ship is operating as an Auxiliary Navy Ship manned and managed by Teekay. The ship was recently called upon to assist in offloading cargo from MV
Borkum to the wharf at Christmas Island by acting as an artificial lee as severe weather hampered it from getting closer to the wharf. ==Citations==