RVS Takuare

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RVS Takuare is the twelfth Guardian class patrol vessel, constructed in Australia, and given to Vanuatu, on August 2, 2021.[1]

Background

Following the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea extension of maritime nations' exclusive economic zones to 200 kilometres (Template:Convert/nmi) Australia agreed to provide twelve of its neighbours with twenty-two Pacific Forum-class patrol vessels, so they could exercise sovereignty over their own territory, using their own resources.[2] The first vessel was delivered in 1987, and in 2015 Australia announced plans to replace the original patrol boats with larger and more capable vessels.

Design

Australian ship builder Austal won the $335 million Australian dollar contract for the project, and built the vessels at its Henderson shipyard, near Perth.[3] Guardian class vessels were designed to use commercial off-the-shelf components, not cutting edge, military grade equipment, to make them easier to maintain in small isolated shipyards.

The vessels are 39.5 metres (130 ft) long, can travel 3000 nautical miles at 12 knots .[3] Their maximum speed is 20 knots .[4] Their design allows the recipient nations to mount a pair of heavy machine guns, on either flank, and possibly an autocannon of up to 30mm, on the foredeck.

Operational career

The crew of the Takuare participated in a joint training exercise with a delegation from the Australian Defence Force in December 2021.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Martin Manaranche (2021-08-02). "Austal Australia Delivers Guardian-Class Patrol Boat For The Republic Of Vanuatu: Austal Australia has delivered the 12th Guardian-class Patrol Boat (GCPB) to the Australian Department of Defence which was then gifted to the Republic of Vanuatu". Naval News. Archived from the original on 2021-08-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20210803140120/https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/08/austal-australia-delivers-guardian-class-patrol-boat-for-the-republic-of-vanuatu/. Retrieved 2021-08-03. "Austal Limited Chief Executive Officer Paddy Gregg said the delivery of the 12th Guardian-class Patrol Boat, less than 6 weeks after the delivery of the 11th vessel, highlighted the great efficiency of the Austal Australia teams and shipyards." 
  2. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named EmbassyHow2014-04-03
  3. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Smh2018-05-30
  4. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Janes2018-12-03
  5. ↑ Captain Taylor Lynch (2021-12-09). "Building skills with Pacific neighbours". Australian Defence Force. https://news.defence.gov.au/international/building-skills-pacific-neighbours-0. Retrieved 2021-12-10. "Other initiatives include the Cook and Tiroas Barracks Redevelopment, the Vanuatu Government National Emergency Radio Network, and ongoing technical and advisory support to RVS Takuare, Vanuatu’s new Guardian-class Patrol Boat, which was handed over to Vanuatu on July 30, 2021, under Australia’s Pacific Maritime Security Program." 
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