Appointment of Managing Director

NAUTILUS MARINE SERVICES PLC

(the "Company")

APPOINTMENT OF MANAGING DIRECTOR

Nautilus Marine Services PLC (AIM: NAUT), a company focused on building an innovative global offshore inspection and repair group, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. John Payne as Managing Director (which does not include a plc board position). Mr. Payne, a qualified Master Mariner with over 25 years' experience in the subsea sector joined the Company as Director of Operations in August 2016. Previously Mr. Payne has managed global marine businesses in the offshore energy, renewables and subsea telecoms sectors. During his international career, he has held senior positions in service delivery, operations and business development and brings this combined capability to his role with Nautilus. Mr. Payne formerly held positions as Chief Operating Officer at Aubin Ltd., an Aberdeen based global specialist chemical provider to the Oil and Gas sector and as interim Chief Executive Officer at Hallin Marine, a global subsea services provider based in South East Asia.

For further information please contact

Nautilus Marine Services PLC

Abchurch

Tim Thompson/Vera Prokhorenko 0207 398 7700

nautilus@abchurch-group.com