A novel mathematic model of a dual three-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) was proposed to study electrical propulsion systems for ships. First the dual three-phase windings were transformed to equivalent dual two-phase windings with the same magnetomotive force and power, and then the dual two-phase windings were transformed to equivalent two-phase windings. After the above transformations, dual three-phase windings were equivalently transformed to two-phase orthogonal windings. With the mature mathematical model of the electrical machine in the two-phase rotary reference frame, the model of a dual three-phase PMSM was established. A mathematical model of 6-pole, 2.2 kW dual three-phase PMSM in the dq coordinate system was built and simulated by Matlab/Simulink. Comparing the simulation results with corresponding test results, the maximum error was less than 5%. So this double winding transformation and modeling method is valid and correct.