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Ship’s company of Royal Solomon Islands Patrol Vessel Taro line the upper deck after boarding their vessel for the first time following a formal handover ceremony at Henderson, WA. Photo by Able Seaman Annabelle Reidy.

Solomon Islands receives second Pacific patrol boat replacement

08/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2862 Views 0 Comments

The Solomon Islands has received its second Guardian-class patrol boat under Australia’s Pacific Maritime Security Program.

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PNG’s Pacific Patrol Boat crew get sea legs

07/12/201826/01/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2712 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

Papua New Guinean Pacific Class patrol boat, HMPNGS Rabaul.

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Pacific Patrol Boat fleet to be replaced

08/05/201616/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6490 Views 0 Comments Pacific patrol boats

The Australian government signed a contract with Austal Ships Pty Ltd on 5 May to build and sustain up to

Palau's new Guardian-class patrol boat PSS President HI Remeliik II sails from its home port to commence maritime patrols as part of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency’s Operation Rai Balang. Story by Flying Officer Lily Lancaster. Photo by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel.

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Palau’s patrol boat supports Pacific priorities

11/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2372 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, Operation Solania, Pacific Class Patrol Boat, Pacific Maritime Security Program, Palau

The Australia Defence Force is working closely with the Pacific nation of Palau to enable it to patrol its vast

ADV Reliant crew offload the donated fire truck onto the dock at Betio Port, Tarawa, Kiribati. Story by Flight Lieutenant Sharon Aldrich.

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Reliant delivers in the Pacific

04/02/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1580 Views 0 Comments Australian Defence Vessel Reliant, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Kiribati

Australian Defence Vessel (ADV) Reliant set sail from Brisbane in late December for her first deployment of the year, reaffirming

The ship's company of HMTSS Te Matailii III man the upper decks as the national flag of Tuvalu is raised for the first time during the Guardian-class patrol boat handover ceremony at Fleet Base West in Western Australia. Photo by Able Seaman Connor Morrison.

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Tuvalu receives patrol-boat gift from Australia

18/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1476 Views 0 Comments Guardian-class Patrol Boat, Pacific Maritime Security Program

Australia has handed over a new Guardian-class patrol boat – HMTSS Te Mataili III – to Prime Minister of Tuvalu

A Republic of the Marshall Islands team from the Pacific Forum-class RMIS Lomor approaches the Guardian-class patrol ships PSS President HI Remeliik II from the Republic of Palau to run through a mock law enforcement boarding off Guam. Story by Leon Ha. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Aaron Wheeler.

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New naval operation in Guam creates forum for Pacific nations

12/07/202413/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1904 Views 0 Comments Operation Irensia, RANMSA, Sea Training Group, US Coast Guard

The inaugural Operation Irensia came to life last month with the Royal Australian Navy’s Maritime Security Advisors (MSAs) and Sea

Solomon Islands Police Force officers practise their knot tying skills as part of practical maritime safety training with the Australian Defence Force in the use and maintenance of aluminium long boats in Honiara. Photo by Corporal Julia Whitwell.

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Small boats, big gesture of friendship

21/05/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2361 Views 0 Comments Guardian-class Patrol Boat, Royal Solomon Islands Police Force

Two new vessels have been handed over to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Maritime Division to support maritime

Federated States of Micronesia personnel from the Guardian-class patrol boat FSS Toshiwo Nakayama salute as the Micronesian flag is hoisted on board for the first time during the boat's handover ceremony at Austal ship building facility in Henderson, Perth, Western Australia. Photo by Leading Seaman Ernesto Sanchez.

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Micronesia receives first of two Guardian-class patrol boats

18/03/202218/03/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3835 Views 0 Comments Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Project

The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) has received the first of two Guardian-class patrol boats, delivered through the Pacific Maritime

Loadmaster Corporal Jakeb Thorogood looks out over the C-17J Spartan aircraft ramp during a maritime surveillance flight over Palau’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Photo by Leading Seaman Nadev Harel.

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Navy, Air Force support Pacific fisheries

18/03/202218/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2696 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, HMAS Melville, No. 35 Squadron, Operation Solania, Palau

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is working with its south-west Pacific neighbours to detect and deter illegal maritime activity in

Australian Army Lieutenant Matthew Taylor assists Vanuatu Police Force Corporals Josephine Fred, left, and Kimason Doro with navigation training during the Sergeants Course at Cook Barracks, Port Vila. Story by Captain Taylor Lynch. Photo by Corporal Robert Whitmore.

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Building skills with Pacific neighbours

10/12/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2065 Views 0 Comments 7th Combat Brigade, Vanuatu

Supported by the Vanuatu-Australia Defence Cooperation Program, a 22-member Mobile Training Team from the Australian Army’s 7th Combat Brigade partnered

HMAS Armidale, left, and Papua New Guinea’s new Guardian-class patrol boat NUSHIP Francis Agwi, middle, in Darwin Harbour. Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath.

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Paradise patrols strengthen partnership

07/12/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1544 Views 0 Comments Armidale-class patrol boat, HMAS Armidale, PNGDF

Patrol boats from the Royal Australian Navy and Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) maritime element worked together to conduct

Pacific Patrol Boat Systems Program Office Director Kim Metcalf in front of Tuvalu’s Guardian-class patrol boat Te Mataili II, which is in Cairns for planned maintenance.

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Patrol boat office moves to Cairns

13/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1890 Views 0 Comments Guardian-class, Pacific Maritime Security Program

The Department of Defence’s Pacific Patrol Boat Systems Program Office (PPB SPO) has relocated to Cairns from Canberra so it

Commanding Officer Superintendent Tom Redfern cuts the ribbon for RKS Teanoai II accompanied by Stirling MP Vince Connelly and Navy’s Head of Maritime Systems Rear Admiral Wendy Malcolm. Photo by Leading Seaman Richard Cordell.

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Patrol boat handed to Kiribati

29/06/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2090 Views 0 Comments

In the latest milestone for the Pacific Maritime Security Program, Australia has delivered a new Guardian-class patrol boat to Kiribati. CAPTION:

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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Australia agrees to arm PNG patrol boats

25/06/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4950 Views 0 Comments

ADF has agreed to arm PNG’s four new Guardian-class patrol boats delivered through the Pacific Maritime Security Program.

HMAS Maitland off the coast of Honiara, Solomon Islands, and an Air Force C27-J Spartan during a maritime surveillance patrol for illegal fishing activity on Operation Solania. Story by Lieutenant Commander Julia Griffin. Photo by Flight Lieutenant Peter Spearman.

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Maitland returns home after fishery patrols

02/05/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1195 Views 0 Comments

HMAS Maitland has returned home after taking part in Australia’s latest contribution to Operation Solania, supporting the Solomon Islands’ efforts

An Air Force C-27J Spartan flies over HMAS Maitland off the coast of Honiara, Solomon Islands, during Operation Solania. Story by Major Anna-Lise Brink. Photo by Seaman Isaiah Appleton.

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Supporting Pacific fishers from the air

02/05/202105/05/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1264 Views 0 Comments

Royal Australian Air Force personnel in March took part in an operation to deter illegal fishing in the south-west Pacific,

The first Austal-built Guardian-class patrol boat on builder's sea trials. Austal photo.

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Guardian-class patrol boat training moves to Cairns

09/03/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3842 Views 0 Comments Guardian-class

TAFE Queensland has won a $36million contract to provide mariner training and support to the Navy crews of Guardian-class patrol boats.

Australian Defence Vessel Cape Fourcroy departs HMAS Coonawarra to conduct training. Photo by Able Seaman Kayla Hayes.

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Cape-class seaboat contract let

03/12/202020/01/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2472 Views 0 Comments

Sydney based company Britton Maritime Systems has been awarded a $9 million contract to build 12 Gemini seaboats for the

High Commissioner to Australia HRH Princess Angelika Lātūfuipeka Tuku’aho and Australia's Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price at the handover ceremony for Tonga's second Guardian-class patrol boat at Henderson, WA. Photo from Minister Price's Facebook page.

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Tonga receives second Guardian-class patrol boat

30/10/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2417 Views 0 Comments

The Kingdom of Tonga received its second Australian-built Guardian-class patrol boat at a ceremony in Henderson, Western Australia, today.

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