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Members of the Royal Australian Navy Sea Training Group with the Papua New Guinea Defence Force Maritime Element ships company of 'Ted Diro' (P401) on completion of the ships sea readiness evaluation at HMAS Stirling in Western Australia. Photo by Able Seaman Christopher Szumlanski.

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PNG commissions first Aussie-gifted patrol boat

13/02/201913/02/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4980 Views 1 Comment Pacific Patrol Boat Program

Papua New Guinea Defence Force celebrated the commissioning of the first Guardian-class patrol boat, HMPNGS Ted Diro, on Friday 1

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PNG’s Pacific Patrol Boat crew get sea legs

07/12/201826/01/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2877 Views 0 Comments Pacific Patrol Boat Program, Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Project

One week after being handed over from shipbuilder Austal to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force, Nuship Ted Diro passed

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The Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Project is an Australian security initiative that aims to enhance practical maritime security cooperation across the South Pacific through the donation of patrol boats to replace an ageing fleet of boats donated to the same countries in a program that commenced in 1987. The project includes 19 or more 39.5m vessels designed and constructed by Austal in WA for delivery to up to 13 Pacific-island nations from late 2018. Construction of the first patrol boat started earlier this year. Austal image.

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Australia donating two patrol boats to Timor Leste

19/04/201826/01/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6008 Views 0 Comments Guardian-class, Pacific Maritime Security Program, Pacific Patrol Boat Program, Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Project

Australia will gift two patrol boats to Timor Leste under its Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Project – sometimes referred to

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