The Guardian-class patrol boats are a class of small patrol vessels designed and built in Australia and provided to small South Pacific Ocean countries as part of the Australian Government's Pacific M
HMPNGS Rochus Lokinap in Henderson, Western Australia
Aerial view of HMPNGS Rochus Lokinap moored at Manus, Papua New Guinea, on 14 August 2022
CIPPB Te Kukupa II (left) and FSS David W. Panuelo moored with sterns facing each other at Austal shipyards in Henderson, Western Australia in May 2022
Nafanua II at sea in November 2020. She ran aground on 5 August 2021, suffering irreparable damage.
The Pacific class is a class of 22 patrol boats built by Australia and donated to twelve South Pacific countries. The vessels were constructed between 1985 and 1997 and are operated by the militaries,
Guardian-class patrol boat
…Ocean countries as part of the Australian Government's Pacific Maritime Security Program. The class is designed to be updated replacements for the Pacific Forum-class patrol boats provided to its allies from 1987 to 1997. Australia provided twenty-two Pacific Forum vessels to twelve nations. They were designed to use…
HMPNGS Dreger entering Sydney Harbour in October 2013
The Papua New Guinea Defence Force patrol boat HMPNGS Seeadler, alongside in Townsville during 2004
The Solomon Islands patrol boat Lata assisting a stranded fishing vessel (foreground)
Royal Solomon Islands police vessel Lata in Townsville Harbour during a 2005 maintenance visit