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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 Maritime Security Program.

The class is designed to be updated replacements for the {{sclass2|Pacific Forum|patrol boat|2}}s provided to its allies from 1987 to 1997. Australia provided twenty-two Pacific Forum vessels to twelve nations. They were designed to use commercial off the shelf components, to make them easier to maintain for the small nations that would operate them. Australia stood ready to help with training and maintenance, during the duration of the program, because Australia's external security issues were eased if it could count on its sovereign neighbours having resources to police their own external security.

Austal was commissioned to build 19 Guardian-class boats in 2016. Austal's contract allows it to market the design to additional customers. Subsequently, an additional three vessels were ordered. Two for Timor-Leste, and one new replacement vessel for the Samoan {{ship|Samoan patrol vessel|Nafanua II||2}}, which was damaged beyond repair on 5 August 2021. The last vessels were scheduled for delivery in late 2023, but the number of planned boats had risen to 24 by late 2024.{{cite news |author= |date=1 November 2024 |title=Austal delivers eighth Evolved Cape Class Patrol Boat |work=Australian Defence Magazine |location= |url=https://www.australiandefence.com.au/news/news/austal-delivers-eighth-evolved-cape-class-patrol-boat |access-date=2 November 2024}}

Background{{anchor|Background}}

{{Main|Pacific-class patrol boat|Pacific Islands Forum|Foreign relations of Australia#Oceania|label3=Australia-Pacific Relations|Sino-Pacific relations}}

Following a 1979 Australian and New Zealand assessment of Pacific Islands maritime patrol needs and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea establishing that all maritime nations were entitled to exercise control over a 200-kilometre (120 mi) exclusive economic zone, it became evident to all parties that the Pacific Islands were in need of several patrol vessels. The Australian Government decided to meet this need by launching the Pacific Patrol Boat Program, in which Australia would gift 22 {{sclass2|Pacific Forum|patrol boat|2}} to 12 allied Pacific Island nations between 1987 and 1997. In addition to simply improving diplomatic relations between the countries, Australia benefited by having their external security issues eased as it could count on its sovereign neighbours having resources to police their own waters.

The Pacific Forum vessels were designed to use commercial off the shelf components, to make them easier to maintain for the small nations that would operate them. Though, if needed, Australia stood ready to help with training and maintenance during the duration of the original program. This included refits after fifteen years of operation, which extended the projected service life of the last vessels to 2027.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

The Australian government launched the {{currency|amount=2 billion |code=AUD|linked=yes|fmt=none|passthrough=yes}} Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Program in June 2014.

There has been political disagreement within Australia as to whether it was sensible for Australia to fund the Pacific class.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}Pearlman, Defence calls to scrap Pacific patrol vessels

Roles{{anchor|Roles}}

Like the class of vessels they will replace, these small vessels will allow Australia's small neighbours to patrol their own economic zones. They will be able to control smuggling, unregulated fishing, and perform search and rescue duties. A Royal Australian Navy rear admiral said upon the delivery of Taro to the Solomon Islands that the Guardian class "play an important role in tackling our shared regional security challenges [...] We are better positioned to respond to maritime threats, from illegal fishing to transnational crime, by working together, co-ordinating closely, and building our interoperability."

The Guardian class will be slightly larger, will have better sea-keeping capabilities, and their electronics suite will be up to date.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}

Design{{anchor|Design}}

File:Aerial view of the HMPNGS Rochus Lokinap P402, moored in Manus, PNG (cropped).jpg, on 14 August 2022|alt=Aerial view of {{ship|HMPNGS|Rochus Lokinap|P402|6}}]]

The Australian government called for submission in March 2015. Five consortia submitted designs for the class. Austal was chosen as the contractor in April 2016.

=Main design{{anchor|Main design}}=

File:FSS David W. Panuelo and Te Kukupa II at Austal shipyards in Henderson, Western Australia, May 2022 01.jpg in May 2022|alt=Two Guardian patrol-boats]]

The vessels are a {{convert|39.5|m|ftin}} long, steel monohull design, capable of traveling {{convert|3000|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|12|kn|lk=in}}, with a maximum speed of {{convert|20|kn}}. They are designed to berth a complement of 23 crew members. They have a stern launching ramp for a pursuit boat, also improving search and rescue capabilities. Austal delivered the vessels without armament, but they are designed to be capable of mounting an autocannon of up to {{convert|30|mm|in|abbr=on}} on their foredeck, and a heavy machine gun on either side of their bridge.

The vessel's twin diesel engines provide {{convert|4000|kW|shp}}. Sophisticated electronic engine controls will help conserve fuel.

One of the main deck staterooms, a stateroom with two bunks, is equipped with separate ventilation, so it can be used as an infirmary for infectious patients.

The patrol boats operated by Papua New Guinea and Solomons Islands will be armed with {{convert|12.7|mm|in|abbr=on}} machine guns.{{cite web |title=Pacific Maritime Security Program |url=https://www.defence.gov.au/programs-initiatives/pacific-engagement/maritime-capability |website=Department of Defence |access-date=14 December 2023}} Timor Leste has requested that their boats be armed.{{cite news |last1=Felton |first1=Ben |title=Defence hands over 16th Guardian-class patrol boat |url=https://www.australiandefence.com.au/defence/sea/defence-hands-over-16th-guardian-class-patrol-boat |access-date=14 December 2023 |work=Australian Defence Magazine |date=7 September 2023}}

During INDO PACIFIC 2022 Austal revealed an up-armed variant of the Guardian dubbed the 40-A with a {{convert|20|mm|in|abbr=on}} main gun, two 12.7 mm machine guns and a 20 mm remote weapon system aft.

=Design defects{{anchor|Design faults}}{{anchor|Defects}}=

Several design flaws have been identified in finished vessels. The flaws were reported publicly in June 2022, after fifteen vessels had been delivered.

Recipient nations were notified in February 2021 of a vessel experiencing cracking in the coupling between the engine and the gear box. Two separate air quality faults were also discovered in May 2022. The medical bay ventilation system reportedly uses recirculated air, when fresh air is advised. It was also reported that a fault in the exhaust system caused carbon monoxide to enter a normally uncrewed compartment, posing a safety risk.

Austal has reportedly "accepted that the problems are latent defects that it will work to resolve."

Orders and delivery{{anchor|Delivery}}

Austal was commissioned to build 19 Guardian-class boats in 2016. This was fewer than the 22 {{sclass2|Pacific|patrol boat|2}}s Australia ordered for the same recipients back in the 1980s. The Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji and Tonga, who had operated three Pacific-class boats each from the original program, were to be gifted two Guardian-class patrol boats each as replacements. While the patrol boats are gifts and become the recipient's sovereign property upon delivery, the purchase contract contains provisions for Austal to provide maintenance support to the client states, for seven years, out of its Cairns facility.

The keel of the first vessel was laid in July 2017. That vessel was scheduled to be delivered to Papua New Guinea in October 2018. New vessels were scheduled to be completed every three months. The first vessel was delivered on 30 November 2018, and commissioned into the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) on 1 February 2019. The second was commissioned into the Tuvalu Police Force on 5 April 2019. The fourth vessel was delivered to Samoa on 16 August 2019.

Australia announced on 19 April 2018 that they ordered two more vessels to gift them to Timor-Leste. They did this by exercising a pre-negotiated option in the original contract, at an additional cost of {{currency|amount=29.7 million|code=AUD|linked=yes|fmt=none|passthrough=yes}}. Timor-Leste did not receive Pacific Forum boats in the original program.

Austal delivered {{ship|HMPNGS|Ted Diro}} to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force on 30 November 2018. Her engines broke down in October 2019, and she had to be towed to Australia for repairs.

In June 2021, the Australian Defence Force agreed to the PNGDF's request to arm their four patrol boats. Two boats had been delivered to Papua New Guinea at the time. It is unclear which armaments will be installed and who will install them on behalf of the ADF.{{Clarify|date=October 2022|reason=Which armaments? Have they been installed? Who installed them?}}

During a visit to Apia in June 2022, Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced that Australia will build an additional vessel to replace Nafanua II, which was damaged beyond repair on 5 August 2021.

In June 2025 the Australian Minister for Defence Richard Marles announced that Australia will provide one Guardian-class to the Maldiveshttps://www.minister.defence.gov.au/media-releases/2025-06-02/joint-media-release-maldives-receive-guardian-class-patrol-boat-from-australia.

Operational history and incidents{{anchor|Operational history}}

{{further|Samoan patrol vessel Nafanua II#Operational history|label1=Nafanua II grounding}}

File:Nafanua2-front.jpg

In October 2019, {{ship|HMPNGS|Ted Diro}}'s engines broke down, and she had to be towed to Australia for repairs.

In the winter of 2020–2021, an unidentified vessel experienced cracking in the coupling between the engine and the gear box.

On 5 August 2021 the Samoan Nafanua II ran aground on a reef near Salelologa wharf while transporting police officers to Savai'i to manage a protest. Australian specialists loaded her onto a barge and transported her to Cairns for assessment. She was found to be beyond economical repair, and given back to Australia for disposal. On 21 December 2021 the officer-in-charge of the boat at the time of the accident, Superintendent Taito Sefo Faaoi Hunt, was found guilty on three charges of negligence by a Police disciplinary tribunal. On 4 January he was fined {{currency|amount=$2,000|code=WST|first=yes|linked=yes|fmt=none|passthrough=yes}} and demoted from superintendent to corporal.

In mid-May 2022, an unidentified vessel experienced a carbon monoxide exhaust leak into a normally uncrewed compartment.

In March 2023, Vanuatu's Takuare and Tuvalu's Te Mataili II were damaged when two cyclones hit Vanuatu. While Takuare was being repaired in Cairns, Tuvalu was scheduled to receive a replacement boat for Te Mataili II.{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-12/fiji-navy-patrol-boat-runs-aground-australia-donated-rfns-puamau/103967202 |title=Fiji Navy patrol boat runs aground on maiden voyage, months after being donated by Australia |first1=Stephen |last1=Dziedzic |first2=Lice |last2=Movono |work=ABC News Online |date=11 June 2024 |access-date=15 June 2024}}

List of boats in class{{anchor|List of Guardian-class vessels}}

scope="col" style="width: 8%;" class="unsortable" \| Name ! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" class="sortable" \| Recipient ! scope="col" style="width: 4%;" class="sortable" \| Hull number ! scope="col" style="width: 8%;" class="unsortable" \| Predecessor (Pacific-class) ! scope="col" style="width: 8%;" class="sortable" \| Delivery ! scope="col" style="width: 8%;" class="sortable" \| Commissioning ! scope="col" style="width: 8%;" class="sortable" \| Retirement ! scope="colgroup" colspan="2" style="width: 36%;" class="unsortable" \| Notes
class="wikitable sortable" \|+ Disposition of Guardian-class boats
\| {{ship\|HMPNGS\|Ted Diro\|P401\|6}}	Papua New Guinea (Defense Force)	521	{{ship\|HMPNGS\|Rabaul\|P01\|6}}	2018-11-30	2019-02-01		* Hers was the first keel laid, on 30 July 2017. She was launched on 30 May 2018. Jane's Defence Weekly reports she began her official sea trials on 9 August 2018. Named after Papua New Guinea's first commander of the Papua New-Guinea Defence Force.
\| {{ship\|HMTSS\|Te Mataili II\|802\|6}}	Tuvalu (Police Force)	522	{{ship\|HMTSS\|Te Mataili\|801\|6}}	2019-04-05	2019		* Launched on 26 November 2018, scheduled to be commissioned in April 2019.
\| {{ship\|VOEA\|Ngahau Koula\|P301\|6}}	Tonga (Maritime Force) (HMAF)	523	{{ship\|VOEA\|Savea\|P203\|6}}	2019-06-24	2019-10-16		* The vessel's crew may contain both men and women. The vessel's name translates to "Golden Arrow".
\| {{ship\|Samoan patrol vessel\|Nafanua II	2}}	Samoa (Police Service)	524	{{ship\|Western Samoan patrol vessel\|Nafanua	2}}	2019-08-16	2019-10-16	2022-03-04	* The vessel's crew may contain both men and women. May mount a deck gun. Written off in 2022 after running aground in August 2021.
\| {{ship\|RSIPV\|Gizo\|05\|6}}	Solomon Islands (Maritime Police)	525	{{ship\|RSIPV\|Lata	6}}	2019-11-08	2019-12-19		* Solomon Islands will receive two vessels, with the other being named Taro. Gizo is armed with FN Herstal M2 12.7 mm machine guns.{{Cite news \|last=Felton \|first=Ben \|title=Solomon Islands to arm patrol boats - Australian Defence Magazine \|url=https://www.australiandefence.com.au/news/news/solomon-islands-to-arm-patrol-boats \|date=7 December 2023 \|access-date=2023-12-07 \|work=Australian Defence Magazine \|language=en}}
\| {{ship\|RFNS\|Savenaca	6}}	Fiji (Fijian Navy)	526	{{ship\|RFNS\|Kula\|201\|6}}	2020-03-06	2020-05-06		* Fiji will receive two vessels in 2020. Fiji's first Guardian-class vessel, was named in honour of Savenaca Naulutuma, who died while serving on {{ship\|HMNZS\|Leander	2}}, during World War II.
\| {{ship\|PSS\|Remeliik II	6}}	Palau (Police) (Marine Law Enforement)	527	{{ship\|PSS\|Remeliik	2}}	2020-09-18			*Palau was gifted one vessel.
\| {{ship\|VOEA\|Ngahau Siliva\|P302\|6}}	Tonga (Maritime Force) (HMAF)	528	{{ship\|VOEA\|Pangai\|P202\|6}} {{ship\|VOEA\|Neiafu\|P201\|6}}	2020-10-30	2021-01-27		* The handover was attended by High Commissioner Princess Angelika Latufuipeka Tuku'aho and Lieutenant Colonel Tevita Siu Fifita, representing Tonga, and Melissa Price the Minister for Defence Industry and Rear Admiral Wendy Malcolm, representing Australia. King Tupou VI commissioned the vessel. The name translates to "Silver Arrow".
\| {{ship\|HMPNGS\|Rochus Lokinap\|P402\|6}}	Papua New Guinea (Defense Force)	529	{{ship\|HMPNGS\|Dreger\|P02\|6}}	2021-03-17			* Papua New Guinea will receive a total of four vessels.
\| {{ship\|RSIPV\|Taro	6}}	Solomon Islands (Maritime Police)	530	{{ship\|RSIPV\|Auki}}	2021-05-09			* Solomon Islands will receive two vessels, with the other being named Gizo. Taro{{'}}s delivery was scheduled for May 2021, and this occurred on time. Taro is armed with FN Herstal M2 12.7 mm machine guns.
\| {{ship\|RKS\|Teanoai II\|301\|6}}	Kiribati (Maritime Police)	531	{{ship\|RKS\|Teanoai\|301\|6}}	2021-06-21			* Teanoai II was launched on 24 April 2020.
\| {{ship\|RVS\|Takuare\|03\|6}}	Vanuatu (Police Maritime Wing)	532	{{ship\|RVS\|Tukoro}}	2021-08-01
\| {{ship\|HMPNGS\|Francis Agwi\|P403\|6}}	Papua New Guinea (Defense Force)	533	{{ship\|HMPNGS\|Seeadler\|P03\|6}}	2021-10-22			* Papua New Guinea will receive a total of four vessels.
\| {{ship\|FSS\|Tosiwo Nakayama\|P901\|6}}	Federated States of Micronesia (Police Mari- time Wing)	534	{{ship\|FSS\|Micronesia\|03\|6}} {{ship\|FSS\|Independence\|03\|6}}	2022-03-11			* Federated States of Micronesia will receive two vessels in 2022.
\| {{ship\|CIPPB\|Te Kukupa II	6}}	Cook Islands (Police Maritime Wing)	535	{{ship\|CIPPB\|Te Kukupa	6}}	2022-05-27			* Launched in January 2022.
\| {{ship\|HMPNGS\|Gilbert Toropo	6}}	Papua New Guinea (Defense Force)	536	{{ship\|HMPNGS\|Moresby\|P04\|6}}				* Papua New Guinea will receive a total of four vessels.
\| {{ship\|RMIS\|Jelmae	6}}{{Cite web \|title=Marshall Islands Police Dept. - MIPD \|url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02KoGDmsdsdpGSbBZsJgJHJnKy2iqRsxX2ZeAuXibVmL8aHckF8Y4uTUfNwKwBDjt5l&id=100064468251704 \|access-date=5 April 2023 \|website=www.facebook.com \|language=en}}	Republic of the Marshall Islands	537	{{ship\|RMIS\|Lomor\|03\|6}}				* Expected for 2024{{Cite web \|title=Another Guardian-class patrol boat for the Pacific - Australian Defence Magazine \|url=https://www.australiandefence.com.au/defence/sea/another-guardian-class-patrol-boat-for-the-pacific \|access-date=5 April 2023 \|website=www.australiandefence.com.au \|language=en}}
\| {{ship\|FSS\|David W. Panuelo\|P902\|6}}	Federated States of Micronesia (Police Mari- time Wing)	538	{{ship\|FSS\|Palikir\|01\|6}}	2022			* Federated States of Micronesia will receive two vessels.
\| {{ship\|RFNS\|Puamau	6}}	Fiji (Fijian Navy)	539	{{ship\|RFNS\|Kikau\|202\|6}} ({{ship\|RFNS\|Kiro\|203\|6}})	2024-03-07{{cite press release \|author1=Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy \|title=Fiji takes delivery of Guardian-Class Patrol Boat \|url=https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/media-releases/2024-03-07/fiji-takes-delivery-guardian-class-patrol-boat \|website=Department of Defence Ministers \|access-date=29 March 2024 \|date=7 March 2024}}			* Fiji is scheduled to receive its second vessel in 2023.
\| {{ship\|NRTL\|Aitana\|P101\|6}}	Timor Leste (Defense Force)	540	(Never received a Pacific-class boat.)	2023			* Timor-Leste was scheduled to receive two vessels, but was unable to accept them because of the lack of port facilities.{{cite news \|author= \|date=25 September 2024 \|title=Guardian Class Patrol Boat update\|work=Australian Defence Magazine \|location= \|url=https://www.australiandefence.com.au/news/news/guardian-class-patrol-boat-update \|access-date=3 November 2024}} The Aitana was subsequently reassigned to Fiji as the RFNS Timo.{{cite web \|url=https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/4736516 \|title=TIMO \|date= \|website=www.vesselfinder.com \|access-date=3 November 2024\|quote=}}
\| {{ship\|NRTL\|Laline\|P102\|6}}	Timor Leste (Defense Force)	541	(Never received a Pacific-class boat.)	2023			* Timor-Leste was scheduled to receive two vessels, but was unable to accept them because of the lack of port facilities.
\| {{ship\|Samoan patrol vessel\|Nafanua III	2}}	Samoa (Police Service)	542	Nafanua II (2019) (Guardian class) which replaced Nafanua (1988) (Pacific class)	22 November 2023{{cite web \|url=https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2023-11-23/new-vessel-protects-samoan-waters \|title=New vessel protects Samoan waters \|publisher=Australian Government Department of Defence \| author=NavyNewsNafanuaII}}{{cite web \|url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/106822 \|title=Samoa gets new Australian patrol boat \|publisher=Samoa Observer \|author=Alexander Rheeney \|date=23 November 2023 \|access-date=23 November 2023}}			* Replacing Nafanua II
\|	Kiribati (Maritime Police){{cite web \|url=https://www.australiandefence.com.au/defence/sea/another-guardian-class-patrol-boat-for-the-pacific \|title=Another Guardian-class patrol boat for the Pacific \|publisher=Australian Defence Magazine \|author=Ben Felton \|date=23 February 2023 \|access-date=23 February 2024}}
\| {{ship\|HMTSS\|Te Mataili III\|803\|6}}	Tuvalu (Police Force)						* Launched 2024

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| quote = The governments of a number of the Pacific island nations expressed their concern about the need for a suitable maritime patrol force to fulfil their new surveillance requirements. The Australian government responded by instituting a Defence Cooperation Project (DCP), to provide suitable patrol vessels and associated training and infrastructure to island nations in the region. The Pacific Patrol Boat Systems Program Office was created within the Minor War Vessels Branch of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) procurement organisation to manage the DCP[2] and to be the Project Authority.

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| title = Maritime security strengthened through Pacific Patrol Boat Program

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{{cite news

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| work = The Australian

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{{cite news

| url = http://navynews.realviewdigital.com/?iid=132825#folio=8

| title = Replacement Program

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{{cite news

| url = https://www.defenceindustries.qld.gov.au/defence-industries/sea/sea-3036-pacific-patrol-boat-replacement.html

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| work = Queensland Government

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| quote = The SEA 3036 Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement (PPB-R) program involves the acquisition and support of up to 21 new vessels to replace a fleet of Pacific-class patrol boats gifted to 12 Pacific Island nations between 1987 and 1997.

}}

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}}

{{cite press release

| title = Prime Minister and Minister for Defence - Continuous Naval Shipbuilding

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| quote = Combined first and second pass approval for the replacement Pacific Patrol Boats. Austal Ships Pty Ltd has been selected as the preferred tenderer to construct and maintain up to twenty-one replacement steel-hulled Pacific Patrol Boats in Henderson, Western Australia.

}}

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| quote = Austal will design, construct and deliver the 19 steel-hulled patrol boats (valued at $280 million) to 12 Pacific Island nations. The contract includes an option for two additional vessels.

}}

{{cite web

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| title = Guardian Class Patrol Boat (Austal Patrol 40)

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{{cite press release

| title = Minister for Defence - Contract signed for replacement Pacific Patrol Boats

| url = https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-releases/minister-defence-contract-signed-replacement-pacific-patrol

| website = Department of Defence

| access-date = 22 September 2017

| date = 4 May 2016

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180924070621/https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-releases/minister-defence-contract-signed-replacement-pacific-patrol

| archive-date = 24 September 2018

| url-status = live

| quote = As part of the $280 million (ex-GST) contract Austal will design and construct the first 19 vessels in Henderson, securing more than 120 jobs for Western Australia.

}}

{{cite news

| url = http://www.islandlifemag.com/latest-news-pacific/vanuatu-welcomes-the-return-of-rvs-tukoro/

| title = Vanuatu welcomes the return of RVS Tukoro

| work = Island Life magazine

| date = 24 August 2016

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143334/http://www.islandlifemag.com/latest-news-pacific/vanuatu-welcomes-the-return-of-rvs-tukoro/

| archive-date = 12 June 2018

| access-date = 11 June 2018

| url-status = live

| quote = The Australian Government, through its Defence Cooperation Program, has demonstrated its long-term commitment to Vanuatu's maritime security, investing almost 800 million vatu (A$10 million) over the past five years in maintaining RVS Tukoro and training her crew to ensure that Vanuatu has an excellent maritime capability until a new patrol boat is delivered in 2021 through the Pacific Maritime Security Program.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://asianmilitaryreview.com/2016/12/pngdf-plans-expansion/

| title = PNGDF Plans Expansion

| work = Asian Military Review

| author = Alix Valenti

| access-date = 23 September 2017

| date = 21 December 2016

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181028035259/https://asianmilitaryreview.com/2016/12/pngdf-plans-expansion/

| archive-date = 28 October 2018

| url-status = live

| quote = Meanwhile, Brig. Gen. Toropo continued that in 2018, the PNGDF's naval element will receive the first of four Austal ‘Guardian’ class patrol boats to replace the four Tenix ‘Pacific’ class patrol boats acquired from Australia in the late-1980s.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://m.facebook.com/PalauPresident/posts/819715191513915

| title = Operation Kaukledm

| date = 8 May 2017

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190403215508/https://m.facebook.com/PalauPresident/posts/819715191513915

| archive-date = 3 April 2019

| access-date = 22 April 2018

| url-status = live

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.austal.com/news/austal-celebrates-ceremonial-keel-laying-first-pacific-patrol-boat

| title = Austal celebrated ceremonional keel laying of first Pacific Patrol Boat

| work = Austal

| author = Gemma Whiting

| date = July 2017

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180122071942/https://www.austal.com/news/austal-celebrates-ceremonial-keel-laying-first-pacific-patrol-boat

| archive-date = 22 January 2018

| access-date = 21 January 2018

| url-status = live

| quote = Minister Pyne authenticated the keel by committing his signature to a plate that was subsequently welded and placed in the hull of the vessel.

}}

{{cite news

| url = http://www.monch.com/mpg/news/maritime/1867-austal6.html

| title = Keel laying for first Pacific Patrol Boat replacement

| work = Monch Publishing Group

| date = 30 July 2017

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180423104348/http://www.monch.com/mpg/news/maritime/1867-austal6.html

| archive-date = 23 April 2018

| access-date = 22 April 2018

| url-status = live

| quote = The new ‘Guardian’ class patrol boats will come to replace the 12 Pacific Island nations’ ageing ‘Pacific’ class patrol boats, which had been gifted by Australia under the PPB programme implemented in 1983. The first vessel is scheduled for delivery to Papua New Guinea, who will receive a total of four patrol boats, by October 2018 and the last vessel is scheduled for delivery by 2023.

}}

{{cite press release

| author1 = Minister for Defence Industry

| title = Pacific Patrol Boat Milestone

| url = https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/minister/christopher-pyne/media-releases/pacific-patrol-boat-milestone

| website = Department of Defence

| access-date = 22 September 2017

| date = 31 July 2017

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180924105811/https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/minister/christopher-pyne/media-releases/pacific-patrol-boat-milestone

| archive-date = 24 September 2018

| url-status = live

| quote = Another milestone has been reached in Australia's continuous naval shipbuilding program with a ceremonial keel laying for the first new Pacific Patrol Boat.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.rina.org.uk/Austal_approaches_completion_of_Cape_class_and_starts_work_on_PPB-R_project.html

| title = Austal approaches completion of Cape class and starts work on PPB-R project

| work = The Royal Institution of Naval Architects

| date = July–August 2017

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180122014813/https://www.rina.org.uk/Austal_approaches_completion_of_Cape_class_and_starts_work_on_PPB-R_project.html

| archive-date = 22 January 2018

| access-date = 21 January 2018

| url-status = live

| quote = Austal is currently pursuing export opportunities for variations of the Bay class, Cape class and Guardian class (Pacific) patrol boats, for customers in the Middle East and Asia.

}}

{{cite news

| url = http://www.tonga-broadcasting.net/?p=8881

| title = Tonga to receive new patrol boats from Australia

| work = Tonga Broadcasting

| date = 22 August 2017

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170823045424/http://www.tonga-broadcasting.net/?p=8881

| archive-date = 23 August 2017

| access-date = 26 June 2018

| url-status = live

| quote = According to Component Commander of the Navy, Commander Haisi Fonohema, Tonga will receive the 2 new patrol boats by 2019-2020.}}

{{cite news

| url = https://thewest.com.au/business/construction/austal-set-to-book-extra-patrol-boat-orders-for-timor-leste-ng-b88651250z

| title = Austal set to book extra patrol boat orders for Timor-Leste

| work = The West Australian

| author = Daniel Newell

| date = 5 November 2017

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180909063918/http://thewest.com.au/business/construction/austal-set-to-book-extra-patrol-boat-orders-for-timor-leste-ng-b88651250z

| archive-date = 9 September 2018

| access-date = 21 January 2018

| url-status = live

| quote = The order would increase total production of the boats to 21 from the 19 already committed to early last year in a contract worth $305 million.

}}

{{cite news

| url = http://news.navy.gov.au/en/Jan2018/Fleet/4380/Forging-ties-in-Tonga.htm#.WtyoXd8pA1I

| title = Forging ties in Tonga

| work = Australian Navy

| author = Dave Morley

| date = 4 January 2018

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180815113150/http://news.navy.gov.au/en/Jan2018/Fleet/4380/Forging-ties-in-Tonga.htm

| archive-date = 15 August 2018

| access-date = 22 April 2018

| url-status = live

| quote = Lieutenant Commander Ryan, who has been in Tonga for eight months, said the improvements were being carried out to support the arrival of Tonga's two new Guardian-class patrol boats, which are due in mid-2019 and 2021, respectively.

}}

{{cite news

| url = http://fijisun.com.fj/2018/03/07/australian-high-commissioner-visits-rfmf-commander/

| title = Australian High Commissioner Visits RFMF Commander

| work = Fiji Sun

| author = Maika Bolatiki

| date = 7 March 2018

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190226112719/http://fijisun.com.fj/2018/03/07/australian-high-commissioner-visits-rfmf-commander/

| archive-date = 26 February 2019

| access-date = 22 April 2018

| url-status = live

| quote = Director Peacekeeping Operations and Advisor to the RFMF Commander Lieutenant Colonel Pacolo Luveni said, in this visit Mr Feakes said the replacement of the Kula, a Guardian class patrol vessel will be arriving into Fiji in March 2020 and not in 2022.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.marinelink.com/news/australia-patrol-boat436491

| title = Australia: 21 Patrol Boat, $300m Deal

| work = Marinelink

| date = 18 April 2018

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180621144018/https://www.marinelink.com/news/australia-patrol-boat436491

| archive-date = 21 June 2018

| access-date = 22 April 2018

| url-status = live

| quote = On current build schedules, the two vessels will be gifted to Timor-Leste in the second half of 2023.

}}

{{cite news

| url = http://www.monch.com/mpg/news/maritime/3237-av-timor.html

| title = Timor Leste's future Patrol Boats

| work = Monch Publishing Group

| date = 19 April 2018

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190403211017/https://www.monch.com/mpg/news/maritime/3237-av-timor.html

| archive-date = 3 April 2019

| access-date = 22 April 2018

| url-status = live

| quote = The PICS will receive their new patrol boats as follows: Cook Islands (1 vessel); Federated States of Micronesia (2 vessels); Fiji (2 vessels); Kiribati (1 vessel); Palau (1 vessel); Papua New Guinea (4 vessels); Republic of the Marshall Islands (1 vessel); Samoa (1 vessel); Solomon Islands (2 vessels); Timor Leste (2 vessels); Tonga (2 vessels); Tuvalu (1 vessel); Vanuatu (1 vessel).

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/imps-news/timor-leste-receive-two-new-patrol-boats-australia/

| title = Timor-Leste to receive two patrol boats from Australia

| work = Shephard Media

| date = 20 April 2018

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180423033228/https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/imps-news/timor-leste-receive-two-new-patrol-boats-australia/

| archive-date = 23 April 2018

| access-date = 22 April 2018

| url-status = live

| quote = Australia's Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Project is worth over $300 million. A total of 21 Guardian-class patrol boats {{sic|will bu|ilt|expecting=be built}} by Austal and delivered to 13 nations from late 2018. The two vessels for Timor-Leste will arrive in the second half of 2023.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/breaking-news/austal-launch-first-pacific-patrol-boat/news-story/ef2b406dec82559931d5af91fa7a68b1

| title = Austal launches first Pacific Patrol Boat

| work = News (AU)

| author = David Sigston

| date = 30 May 2018

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180531044729/https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/breaking-news/austal-launch-first-pacific-patrol-boat/news-story/ef2b406dec82559931d5af91fa7a68b1

| archive-date = 31 May 2018

| access-date = 1 June 2018

| url-status = live

| quote = The first of a new fleet of patrol boats destined for Australia's Pacific neighbours has been launched by Australian shipbuilder Austal.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=29337:austal-launches-first-guardian-class-pacific-patrol-boat&Itemid=231

| title = Austal launches first Guardian class Pacific Patrol Boat

| work = Marine Log

| date = 30 May 2018

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181130063141/https://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=29337:austal-launches-first-guardian-class-pacific-patrol-boat&Itemid=231

| archive-date = 30 November 2018

| access-date = 1 June 2018

| url-status = live

| quote = Austal Limited (ASX: ASB) today announced the first of 21 Guardian Class, Pacific Patrol Boats (PPB-R) has been launched just two years after the contract was awarded, keeping with the schedule and budget for the project. The first vessel is scheduled for delivery to Papua New Guinea in late October 2018.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/maritime-antisub/2362-first-pacific-patrol-boat-launched

| title = The first of 21 Guardian Class Pacific Patrol Boats to be designed and built by Austal has been launched.

| work = Defence Connect

| author = Amelia McMahon

| date = 30 May 2018

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181130062155/https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/maritime-antisub/2362-first-pacific-patrol-boat-launched

| archive-date = 30 November 2018

| access-date = 1 June 2018

| url-status = live

| quote = Construction of the second and third boats is underway, with new boats scheduled to be delivered at approximately three-month intervals from late 2018 until 2023.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.naval-technology.com/news/first-guardian-class-ppb-r-launched-delivery-papua-new-guinea/

| title = First Guardian-class PPB-R launched for delivery to Papua New Guinea - Naval Technology

| work = Naval Technology

| date = 30 May 2018

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181130063153/https://www.naval-technology.com/news/first-guardian-class-ppb-r-launched-delivery-papua-new-guinea/

| archive-date = 30 November 2018

| access-date = 1 June 2018

| url-status = live

| quote = {{'}}This particular boat will be gifted to Papua New Guinea in late-October 2018 and is the first of 21 boats to be gifted to 12 Pacific Island countries and East Timor as part of the Pacific Maritime Security Program.{{'}}

}}

{{cite press release

| last = Whiting

| first = Gemma

| title = Austal launches first Guardian Class Pacific patrol boat

| work = Austal

| location = Henderson, Australia

| date = 30 May 2018

| access-date = 14 October 2022

| url = https://austal.gcs-web.com/static-files/91ab1bd5-6006-4bae-ba0d-4e1f60014104

| quote = Austal [...] today announced the first of 21 Guardian Class, Pacific Patrol Boats (PPB-R) has been launched just two years after the contract was awarded, keeping with the schedule and budget for the project. [...] with a further contract awarded in April, 2018 for two additional vessels for AU$29.7 million.}}

{{cite news

| url = http://www.solomonstarnews.com/index.php/news/national/item/20504-rsipf-thank-australian-gov-t

| title = RSIPF thank Australian gov't

| work = Solomon Star News

| date = 15 June 2018

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180721105927/http://www.solomonstarnews.com/index.php/news/national/item/20504-rsipf-thank-australian-gov-t

| archive-date = 21 July 2018

| access-date = 16 June 2018

| url-status = live

| quote = Commissioner Varley explains: "The new Guardian class of patrol boats will be much larger with increased capacity and extended range compared to the current Pacific class of patrol boats. This will be great especially for patrolling of Solomon Islands large maritime border."

}}

{{cite news

| url = http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2018/june-2018-navy-naval-defense-news/6286-austal-launched-first-guardian-class-pacific-patrol-boat.html

| title = Austal Launched First Guardian Class Pacific Patrol Boat

| work = Navy recognition

| date = 20 June 2018

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190309014819/http://navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2018/june-2018-navy-naval-defense-news/6286-austal-launched-first-guardian-class-pacific-patrol-boat.html

| archive-date = 9 March 2019

| access-date = 22 June 2018

| url-status = live

| quote = The first of 21 Guardian-class, Pacific Patrol Boats (PPB-R) was launched by Austal last month. The first vessel is scheduled for delivery to Papua New Guinea in late October 2018.

}}

{{cite news

| author =

| title = Army inspires more women to join navy

| work = The National

| date = 5 July 2018

| access-date = 9 July 2018

| url = https://www.thenational.com.pg/army-inspires-more-women-to-join-navy/

| quote = The four Pacific-class patrol boats will be replaced by the new Guardian-class patrol boats. The Ted Diro, named after a former PNGDF commander, replaces the HMPNGS Rabaul. The other three arrive from 2019 to 2021.

}}

{{cite news

| url = http://www.looppng.com/png-news/australian-ship-named-after-ted-diro-78100

| title = Australian ship named after Ted Diro

| work = Loop

| author = Cedric Patjole

| date = 8 July 2018

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180813121908/http://www.looppng.com/png-news/australian-ship-named-after-ted-diro-78100

| archive-date = 13 August 2018

| url-status = live

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.janes.com/article/82281/first-guardian-class-ppb-starts-sea-trials

| title = First Guardian class PPB starts sea trials

| work = Jane's Defence Weekly

| author = Gabriel Dominguez

| date = 9 August 2018

| location = London

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180810180228/https://www.janes.com/article/82281/first-guardian-class-ppb-starts-sea-trials

| archive-date = 10 August 2018

| url-status = live

| quote = Australian shipbuilder Austal announced on 9 August that the first Guardian-class Pacific Patrol Boat (PPB) had begun sea trials.

}}

{{cite news

| url = http://www.manmonthly.com.au/news/austal-conducts-first-sea-trial-pacific-patrol-boats/

| title = Austal conducts its first sea trial for Pacific Patrol Boats - Manufacturers' Monthly

| work = Maritime Monthly

| date = 13 August 2018

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181010095425/http://www.manmonthly.com.au/news/austal-conducts-first-sea-trial-pacific-patrol-boats/

| archive-date = 10 October 2018

| access-date = 15 August 2018

| url-status = live

| quote = Austal has commenced sea trials for the first of the Guardian Class Pacific Patrol Boats, as part of the 21 vessels the company will be delivering to the government for the Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement (PPB-R) Project.

}}

{{cite news

| url = http://sobserver.ws/en/15_08_2018/local/35917/Maritime-police-get-$113535-boost.htm

| title = Maritime police get $113,535 boost

| work = Samoan Observer

| author = Sapeer Mayron

| date = 15 August 2018

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180822145541/http://sobserver.ws/en/15_08_2018/local/35917/Maritime-police-get-$113535-boost.htm

| archive-date = 22 August 2018

| access-date = 18 August 2018

| url-status = live

| quote = The change rooms are a necessary addition because in August 2019, the wing will receive an Australian government-funded Guardian Class Patrol Boat, which will be used by both male and female police.

}}

{{cite press release

| last = Whiting

| first = Gemma

| title = Austal delivers first Guardian Class patrol boat

| work = Austal

| date = 30 November 2018

| access-date = 29 November 2018

| url = https://austal.gcs-web.com/static-files/111b6cbd-74f5-4b20-bc69-d0273c7333f5

| quote = 'The program is now in a full rate of production, with the second vessel, which is destined for Tuvalu, successfully launched on Monday with an additional three vessels in various stages of construction. Austal are already looking at export opportunities for the GCPB' Mr Singleton said.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.sbs.com.au/news/fed-govt-gives-new-patrol-boats-to-png

| title = Fed govt gives new patrol boats to PNG

| work = SBS News

| date = 30 November 2018

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181129154959/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/fed-govt-gives-new-patrol-boats-to-png

| archive-date = 29 November 2018

| url-status = live

| quote = The federal government has handed over the first Guardian class patrol boat to Papua New Guinea.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://navaltoday.com/2018/11/30/papua-new-guinea-receives-first-guardian-class-patrol-boat/

| title = Papua New Guinea receives first Guardian-class patrol boat

| work = Naval Today

| date = 30 November 2018

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181202024658/https://navaltoday.com/2018/11/30/papua-new-guinea-receives-first-guardian-class-patrol-boat/

| archive-date = 2 December 2018

| url-status = live

| quote = The next vessel will be gifted to Tuvalu in April 2019 and the last will go to Timor-Leste in October 2023.

}}

{{cite news

| title = Austal Pacific Patrol Boat 40

| work = Naval Technology

| date = 14 December 2018

| access-date = 21 January 2018

| archive-date = 22 July 2018

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180722222733/https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/austal-pacific-patrol-boat-40/

| url-status = live

| url = https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/austal-pacific-patrol-boat-40/

| quote = Under the contract, Austal will offer support services to the replacement patrol boats initially for seven years.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.miragenews.com/joint-statement-with-the-prime-minister-of-vanuatu/

| title = Joint Statement with the Prime Minister of Vanuatu

| work = Mirage News

| date = 16 January 2019

| access-date = 15 January 2019

| quote = Vanuatu will also receive a replacement Guardian-class patrol boat under the Pacific Maritime Security Program (PMSP). The PMSP is a $2 billion (over 30 years) program, which consists of replacement Guardian-class patrol boats, integrated aerial surveillance, and enhancements to regional cooperation.

}}

{{cite news

| url = http://www.sobserver.ws/en/28_01_2019/local/40601/New-patrol-boat-to-boost-maritime-security.htm

| title = New patrol boat to boost maritime security

| work = Samoan Observer

| author = Adel Fruean

| date = 28 January 2019

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020530/http://www.sobserver.ws/en/28_01_2019/local/40601/New-patrol-boat-to-boost-maritime-security.htm

| archive-date = 7 February 2019

| access-date = 5 February 2019

| url-status = live

| quote = Under the Pacific Maritime Security Programme, Samoa will this year receive the Nafanua II – a bigger, more capable patrol boat – to enhance Samoa's capacity to secure its ocean resources and maritime domain.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/australian-assistance-to-boost-navy-fleet-captain-tawake/

| title = Australian assistance to boost Navy fleet: Captain Tawake

| work = Fiji Broadcasting Corporation

| author = Maggie Boyle

| date = 28 January 2019

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190130110408/https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/australian-assistance-to-boost-navy-fleet-captain-tawake/

| archive-date = 30 January 2019

| url-status = live

| quote = Navy Chief, Captain Humphrey Tawake says, the two vessels designated for Fiji will arrive next year.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://postcourier.com.pg/pngdf-vessel-named-diro/

| title = PNCFG vessel named after Diro

| work = Fiji Post Courier

| author = Michael Arnold

| date = 5 February 2019

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015556/https://postcourier.com.pg/pngdf-vessel-named-diro/

| archive-date = 7 February 2019

| access-date = 5 February 2019

| url-status = live

| quote = Brig-Gen Diro, who was present for the commissioning of the HMPNGS Ted Diro last Friday, along with Major General Gilbert Toropo (current PNGDF commander) saluted the gesture in what both men described as another illustration of the enduring friendship between PNG and Australia.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://postcourier.com.pg/patrol-boats-set-upgrade-capabilities/

| title = Patrol Boats Set To Upgrade Capabilities

| work = Fiji Post Courier

| author = Michael Arnold

| date = 5 February 2019

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020029/https://postcourier.com.pg/patrol-boats-set-upgrade-capabilities/

| archive-date = 7 February 2019

| access-date = 5 February 2019

| url-status = live

| quote = They are capable of operating in Sea State 4 and are equipped with a “game changing” stern-launched zodiac (inflatable boarding vessel), which is a first for both the PNG and the Australian navy.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/4821-tonga-s-first-guardian-class-patrol-boat-to-be-delivered-in-june

| title = Tonga's first Guardian-class patrol boat to be delivered in June

| work = Baird Maritime

| date = 6 March 2019

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190308080727/https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/4821-tonga-s-first-guardian-class-patrol-boat-to-be-delivered-in-june

| archive-date = 8 March 2019

| access-date = 6 March 2019

| url-status = dead

| quote = Named Ngahu Koula (“Golden Arrow”), the vessel will begin operating under His Majesty's Armed Forces (HMAF) once its first cadre of assigned crewmembers finish their weeks-long familiarisation training.

}}

{{cite news

| url = http://islandtimes.us/australia-to-give-new-ship-to-palau-to-replace-remeliik-1/

| title = Australia to give new ship to Palau to replace Remeliik 1

| work = Island Times

| author = Rhealyn Pojas

| date = 19 March 2019

| access-date = 5 October 2019

| quote = President Tommy Remengesau, Jr. divulged during a press conference on October 2 that the guardian class patrol boat Remeliik 2, which will replace its predecessor, the PSS Remeliik, will arrive in Palau in June next year.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/386144/samoa-police-patrol-boat-may-be-armed

| title = Samoa police patrol boat may be armed

| work = Radio New Zealand

| date = 2 April 2019

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190402162853/https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/386144/samoa-police-patrol-boat-may-be-armed

| archive-date = 2 April 2019

| url-status = live

| quote = The service will take delivery of a new state-of-the-art patrol boat, Nafanua II, in September and the Police Commissioner Fuiavailili Egon Keil wants to keep an eye on how the future shapes up with their surveillance work.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://navaltoday.com/2019/04/05/australia-hands-over-guardian-class-patrol-boat-to-tuvalu/

| title = Australia hands over Guardian-class patrol boat to Tuvalu

| work = Naval Today

| date = 6 April 2019

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190408003215/https://navaltoday.com/2019/04/05/australia-hands-over-guardian-class-patrol-boat-to-tuvalu/

| archive-date = 8 April 2019

| access-date = 7 April 2019

| url-status = live

| quote = The 39.5 meter steel hulled patrol boat was built by Australian shipbuilder Austal under an AUD 335 million program that will see 21 boats gifted to 12 Pacific Island countries and Timor-Leste.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/minister/linda-reynolds/media-releases/guardian-class-patrol-boat-gifted-tuvalu

| title = Guardian Class Patrol Boat gifted to Tuvalu

| work = Australian Ministry of Defence

| author = Christopher Pyne

| date = 7 April 2019

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190408004717/https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/minister/linda-reynolds/media-releases/guardian-class-patrol-boat-gifted-tuvalu

| archive-date = 8 April 2019

| access-date = 7 April 2019

| url-status = live

| quote = Te Mataili II was received by the Prime Minister of Tuvalu, the Right Hon Enele Sosene Sopoaga at a handover ceremony attended by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade, Tourism, Environment and Labour, the Hon Taukelina Finikaso, the Minister for Natural Resources, the Hon Dr Puakena Boreham, and the Commissioner of the Tuvalu Police Service, Commissioner Luka Falefou.

}}

{{cite press release

| last = Whiting

| first = Gemma

| title = Austal delivers second Guardian Class patrol boat

| work = Austal

| location = Henderson, Australia

| date = 8 April 2019

| access-date = 14 October 2022

| url = https://austal.gcs-web.com/static-files/296c9b10-0dfd-4a46-ad41-37e078a87c51

| quote = today announced the on-time delivery of the second Guardian Class Patrol Boat (GCPB) to [AU DoD] and then in a handover ceremony, presented the vessel to the Prime Minister of Tuvalu and his Government. This is the second of 21 GCPBs}}

{{cite news

| title = VOEA Savea's final voyage from Tonga

| work = Matangi Tonga Online

| author =

| date = 16 April 2019

| access-date = 11 October 2022

| archive-date = 18 December 2019

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191218032327/https://matangitonga.to/2019/04/16/voea-savea-s-final-voyage-tonga

| url-status = live

| url = https://matangitonga.to/2019/04/16/voea-savea-s-final-voyage-tonga

| quote = The VOEA Savea departed Masefield Navy Base for the last time on Saturday, April 13, sailing past the Nuku’alofa waterfront and Royal Palace on its way to Australia. It will be replaced by a new patrol boat named VOEA Ngahau Koula (Golden Arrow).}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.miragenews.com/tonga-receives-guardian-class-patrol-boat/

| title = Tonga receives Guardian-class Patrol Boat

| work = Mirage News

| date = 21 June 2019

| access-date = 20 June 2019

| quote = The Tongan Royal Navy's Ngahau Koula was received by His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Tupouto’a ‘Ulukalala and Captain Sione Ulakai, Deputy Chief of Defence Staff to His Majesty's Armed Forces, at a ceremony in Western Australia.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.janes.com/article/89416/tonga-receives-guardian-class-patrol-vessel

| title = Tonga receives Guardian-class patrol vessel

| work = Jane's Navy International

| author = Ridzwan Rahmat

| date = 21 June 2019

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190621121928/https://www.janes.com/article/89416/tonga-receives-guardian-class-patrol-vessel

| archive-date = 21 June 2019

| access-date = 20 June 2019

| url-status = live

| quote = The Tongan Royal Navy has taken delivery of a Guardian-class patrol vessel from Australia.

}}

{{cite press release

| last = Whiting

| first = Gemma

| title = Austal delivers third Guardian Class patrol boat

| work = Austal

| date = 24 June 2019

| access-date = 14 October 2022

| url = https://austal.gcs-web.com/static-files/0b8c03f8-d369-44fb-900d-dbe0ba0bba6f

| quote = Austal [...] today reports the on-time delivery of the third Guardian Class Patrol Boat (GCPB) to the Australian Department of Defence. In a handover ceremony with the Crown Prince of Tonga, His Royal Highness, Prince Tupouto’a ‘Ulukalala, the Commonwealth, represented by Assistant Minister for Defence, the Hon. Alex Hawke MP gifted the vessel to the Government of Tonga. [...] This is the third of 21 Guardian Class}}

{{cite news

| url = https://fijisun.com.fj/2019/07/06/rfns-volasiga-to-arrives-in-october-and-rfns-savenaca-in-april-2020-women-to-make-up-16-of-fiji-navy-personnel/

| title = RFNS Volasiga To Arrive In October And RFNS Savenaca In April 2020, Women To Make Up 16% Of Fiji Navy Personnel

| work = Fiji Sun

| author = Maika Bolatiki

| date = 6 July 2019

| access-date = 26 October 2019

| quote = Savenaca Naulumatua from Yasawa and Timo Puamau from Lau were members of Fiji Naval Volunteer Force and during World War II they were part of the HMSNZF [sic] Leander's crew that was hit by a Japanese torpedo at the Battle of Kolombangara in July 1943.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.miragenews.com/australian-foreign-minister-to-visit-cook-islands/

| title = Australian foreign minister to visit Cook Islands

| work = Mirage News

| author = Marise Payne

| date = 17 July 2019

| access-date = 17 July 2019

| quote = I will visit the Cook Islands’ Patrol Boat, Te Kukupa, which will be replaced with a new Guardian-Class Patrol Boat in 2022 under our Pacific Maritime Security Program.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.miragenews.com/visit-to-federated-states-of-micronesia/

| title = Visit to Federated States of Micronesia

| work = Mirage News

| date = 29 July 2019

| access-date = 29 July 2019

| quote = {{'}}I am very pleased Australia is deepening our support for the Federated States of Micronesia under the Pacific Maritime Security Program, with two new Guardian-class patrol boats to be delivered in 2022,{{'}} he said.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.miragenews.com/samoa-receives-guardian-class-patrol-boat/

| title = Samoa receives Guardian-class Patrol Boat

| work = Mirage News

| date = 16 August 2019

| location = Henderson, Australia

| access-date = 16 August 2019

| quote = The Australian Government has today handed over the newest Guardian-class Patrol Boat Nafanua II to the Samoan Government at a ceremony in Henderson, Western Australia. Nafanua II was received by Samoa's Deputy Prime Minister the Honourable Fiame Naomi Mata’afa and the Commissioner of Police Mr Fuivaili’ili Egon Keil.

}}

{{cite press release

| last = Whiting

| first = Gemma

| title = Austal delivers fourth Guardian Class patrol boat

| work = Austal

| date = 16 August 2019

| access-date = 14 October 2022

| url = https://austal.gcs-web.com/static-files/fb590b84-a043-4e2f-acac-71606a1ccaef

| quote = Austal [...] is pleased to announce the on-time delivery of the fourth Guardian Class Patrol Boat (GCPB) to the [AU DoD]. The vessel was today gifted by the Government of Australia to the Government of Samoa during a handover ceremony at Austal’s Henderson shipyard, attended by the Samoan Deputy Prime Minister the Hon. Flame Naomi Mata’afe and Commissioner of Police, Mr Fuiavailili Egon Lincoln Keil. Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon. Melissa Price MP, represented the Government of Australia.}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/400450/new-patrol-boat-arrives-in-samoa

| title = New patrol boat arrives in Samoa

| work = Radio New Zealand

| date = 7 October 2019

| access-date = 7 October 2019

| quote = The $US30 million guardian class boat arrived at Matautu wharf on Friday.

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191007193809/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/400450/new-patrol-boat-arrives-in-samoa

| archive-date = 7 October 2019

| url-status = live

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://matangitonga.to/2019/10/16/king-commissions-patrolboat

| title = King commissions Tonga Navy HQ and patrol boat

| work = Matangi Tonga

| date = 16 October 2019

| location = Nuku'alofa, Tonga

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191017024025/https://matangitonga.to/2019/10/16/king-commissions-patrolboat

| archive-date = 17 October 2019

| access-date = 15 October 2019

| url-status = live

| quote = As Commander-in-Chief of His Majesty's Armed Forces (HMAF), King Tupou VI inspected the headquarters and went for a tour on the patrol boat around Nuku’alofa harbour, accompanied by Queen Nanasipau’u and guests.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence/patrol-boat-gift-to-png-back-under-warranty/news-story/4559b3f948132569ef1feed66a5fc20c

| title = Patrol boat gift to PNG back under warranty

| work = The Australian

| author = Ben Packham

| date = 17 October 2019

| access-date = 15 October 2019

| quote = HMPNGS Ted Diro, built by Perth shipbuilder Austal, is limping back to Cairns for repairs accompanied by survey ships HMAS Benalla and Shepparton.

}}

{{cite press release

| title = Samoa Commissions Nafanua II

| author =

| location = Apia, Samoa

| website = samoaglobalnews.com

| publisher = Samoa Global News

| agency = Government of Samoa

| date = 17 October 2019

| access-date = 12 October 2022

| archive-date = 12 December 2019

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191212101457/https://samoaglobalnews.com/samoa-commissions-nafanua-iii/

| url-status = live

| url = https://samoaglobalnews.com/samoa-commissions-nafanua-iii/

| quote = The new Police Patrol Boat – Nafanua II was commissioned in a brief ceremony yesterday. The ceremony was officiated by the Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi [...] The welcoming of the new $30million tala “Guardian Class Patrol Boat – Nafanua II” is essential to the protection of our blue Pacific,}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/naval/ships-naval/fijis-future-guardian-class-patrol-boat-to-honour-fallen-sailor/

| title = Fiji's future Guardian-class patrol boat to honour fallen sailor

| work = Baird Maritime

| date = 25 October 2019

| access-date = 26 October 2019

| quote = The vessel honours Seaman Savenaca Naulutuma, a Fiji-born Royal New Zealand Navy sailor who was killed in action while serving aboard the cruiser HMNZS Leander at the Battle of Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands in World War II. Naulutuma and 25 other crewmembers on Leander were killed shortly after their ship was struck by a Japanese torpedo in the early morning hours of July 13, 1943.

}}

{{cite news

| author =

| title = Australia supports Solomon Island's security priorities

| work = Mirage News

| date = 8 November 2019

| access-date =

| url = https://www.miragenews.com/australia-supports-solomon-island-s-security-priorities/

| quote = The Australian Government has today handed over the latest Guardian-class Patrol Boat RSIPV Gizo to the Solomon Islands at a ceremony in Henderson, Western Australia.

}}

{{cite press release

| last = Morse

| first = Cameron

| title = Austal Australia delivers 5th Guardian Class patrol boat in less than 12 months

| work = Austal

| location = Henderson, Australia

| date = 8 November 2019

| access-date = 14 October 2022

| url = https://austal.gcs-web.com/static-files/cb2238a2-d261-40b1-9d4d-af4df1653cd9

| quote = Austal [...] is pleased to announce the on-time delivery of the fifth [...] (GCPB) to [AU DoD]. The vessel, the RSIPV Gizo, was today gifted by the Government of Australia to the Government of the Solomon Islands [...] “Faster, with improved seakeeping, [...] integrated stern launch and recovery [...] carry out border patrols, regional policing, search and rescue and many other operations.” [...] “We’re continuing to receive great international interest in the Guardian Class, [...] The RSIPV Gizo is one of two Guardian Class Patrol Boats to be delivered to and operated by the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force, replacing the RSIPV Lata that has been in service since 1988.}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/security-challenges-rule-the-waves-in-pacific/news-story/aede314e145c523884ba877b94bf3466

| title = Security challenges rule the waves in Pacific

| work = The Australian

| author = Patrick Bergin

| date = 24 November 2019

| access-date = 24 November 2019

| quote = Next year Fiji, Palau, Kiribati and Tonga will receive their boats. Following this, a new patrol boat will be delivered approximately every three months until 2023. Australia has committed $2bn to the program over the next 30 years.

}}

{{cite news

| url = http://solomonstarnews.com/index.php/news/national/item/22473-rsipf-maritime-boosted-with-commissioning-of-new-guardian-class-patrol-boat-gizo

| title = RSIPF maritime boosted with commissioning of new Guardian class patrol boat GIZO

| work = Solomon Star News

| date = 19 December 2019

| access-date = 19 December 2019

| quote = The maritime capability of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force has been boosted with the commissioning of the new Guardian class patrol boat, 05 GIZO during a ceremony in Honiara today.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/navy-decommissions-rfns-kula/

| title = Navy decommissions RFNS Kula

| work = Fiji Broadcasting Corporation

| author = Sainiani Boila

| date = 22 December 2019

| accessdate = 22 December 2019

| quote = The Fiji Navy says the RFNS will be scrapped and will be replaced by a larger and more capable Guardian Class Patrol boat RFNS Savenaca.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/naval-warfare/australia-gifts-guardian-class-patrol-vessel-fiji/

| title = Australia gifts Guardian-class patrol vessel to Fiji

| work = Shephard Media

| date = 6 March 2020

| location =

| access-date = 7 March 2020

| quote = Austal CEO David Singleton said: ‘the Pacific Boat Replacement Project [PPB-R] has really hit its stride, with this sixth Guardian-class Patrol Boat benefiting from a number of innovative production processes that have reduced production time, while maintaining quality.’

}}

{{cite press release

| last = Morse

| first = Cameron

| title = Austal Australia delivers 6th Guardian Class patrol boat

| work = Austal

| location = Henderson, Australia

| date = 6 March 2020

| access-date = 14 October 2022

| url = https://austal.gcs-web.com/static-files/cc2f8af1-5bb0-4e24-8693-6b332851fd04

| quote = sixth Guardian-class Patrol Boat (GCPB) to [AU DoD]. The vessel, the RFNS Savenaca, was today gifted by the Government of Australia to the Government of Fiji during a handover ceremony [...] attended by the Fijian Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama, Australian Minister for Defence Senator the Hon. Linda Reynolds CSC, Australian Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon. Melissa Price MP and Chief of Defence Force, General Angus Campbell AO DSC.}}

{{cite news

| url = https://fijisun.com.fj/2020/03/07/pm-delegation-receive-our-new-navy-vessel/

| title = PM, Delegation Receive Our New Navy Vessel

| work = Fiji Sun

| author = Rosi Doviverata

| date = 7 March 2020

| access-date = 7 March 2020

| quote = Mr Bainimarama said the new vessel could not enter the ranks of Fiji's Navy at a more pressing time. "International criminal networks are hitting the Pacific hard -- particularly with the drug trade."

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://defpost.com/austal-launches-8th-guardian-class-patrol-boat/

| title = Austal Launches 8th Guardian-Class Patrol Boat

| work = Defpost

| author = Arun Mathew

| date = 24 April 2020

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200426140642/https://defpost.com/austal-launches-8th-guardian-class-patrol-boat/

| archive-date = 26 April 2020

| url-status = live

| quote = The vessel is to be delivered to Kiribati under the Australian Government's Pacific Maritime Security Program. The boat, to be named RKS Teanoai II (301), will replace the Republic of Kiribati Police's Pacific Forum-class patrol boat, RKS Teanoai (301).

}}

{{cite news

| url = http://www.tonga-broadcasting.net/?p=18142

| title = HMAF'S VOEA Pangai decommissioned after 30-year service

| work = Tonga Broadcasting

| date = 24 April 2020

| location = Nuku’alofa

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200429100154/http://www.tonga-broadcasting.net/?p=18142

| archive-date = 29 April 2020

| url-status = live

| quote = He adds, the VOEA PANGAI was used to assist operations of the Pacific in Tuvalu in which HM King Tupou VI was a Lieutenant Commander in the Tongan Navy – while he was Prince ‘Ulukalala Lavaka Ata at the time. He then became the first Commanding Officer of the VOEA PANGAI. His time in charge, according to Commander Tuita included peacekeeping operation in Bougainville in 1994.

}}

{{cite news

| title = Navy farewells VOEA Pangai

| work = Matangi Tonga Online

| location = Nuku’alofa

| author =

| date = 27 April 2020

| access-date = 11 October 2022

| archive-date = 29 April 2020

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200429020910/https://matangitonga.to/2020/04/27/navy-farewells-voea-pangai

| url-status = live

| url = https://matangitonga.to/2020/04/27/navy-farewells-voea-pangai

| quote = The Tongan Navy bid farewell to the VOEA Pangai navy patrol boat on 23 April after almost 30 years of service, operating within Tonga and internationally. [...] Through this program, HMAF received a new guardian class patrol boat, VOEA Ngahau Koula (Golden Arrow), last year and later this year will receive VOEA Ngahau Siliva (Silver Arrow).}}

{{cite press release

| last = Morse

| first = Cameron

| title = Austal Australia delivers 7th Guardian Class patrol boat

| work = Austal

| location = Henderson, Australia

| date = 18 September 2020

| access-date = 14 October 2022

| url = https://austal.gcs-web.com/static-files/3a959cd9-e64b-4afb-8b32-d7f598c66381

| quote = The vessel, PSS President H.I. Remeliik II, was today gifted by the Government of Australia to the Government of Palau during a handover ceremony [...] Austal Chief Executive David Singleton said this Guardian-class Patrol Boat delivery was unique as it is the first to take place under COVID-19 restrictions, limiting the attendees at the ceremony. [...] The PSS President H.I Remeliik II is replacing its namesake predecessor, a Pacific-class Patrol Boat that has been in service in Palau since 1996.}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/maritime-antisub/6846-palau-to-acquire-guardian-class-patrol-boat

| title = Palau to acquire Guardian Class patrol boat

| work = Defence Connect

| author = Charbel Kadib

| date = 18 September 2020

| access-date = 18 September 2020

| quote = Defence Industry Minister Melissa Price will officially hand over the latest Guardian Class patrol boat on behalf of the Commonwealth government to the Republic of Palau, as the government's Pacific Step Up program continues to progress.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.manmonthly.com.au/news/austal-australia-delivers-7th-guardian-class-patrol-boat/

| title = Austal Australia delivers 7th Guardian-Class patrol boat

| work = Manufacturer's Monthly

| date = 22 September 2020

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200922163146/https://www.manmonthly.com.au/news/austal-australia-delivers-7th-guardian-class-patrol-boat/

| archive-date = 22 September 2020

| access-date = 24 September 2020

| url-status = live

| quote = Faster, with improved seakeeping, better amenities and an enhanced mission capability – including an integrated stern launch and recovery system – the Guardian-class Patrol Boat(s) provide the Palau Bureau of Maritime Security with a much improved naval asset to carry out border patrols, regional policing, search and rescue and many other operations domestically and internationally.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.medianet.com.au/releases/193339/

| title = Delivery of Guardian-class patrol boat to Tonga

| work = Australian Department of Defence

| date = 29 October 2020

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201101145405/https://www.medianet.com.au/releases/193339/

| archive-date = 1 November 2020

| access-date = 30 October 2020

| url-status = live

| quote = Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon. Melissa Price MP will represent the Australian Government at the ceremony to hand over the new Guardian-class Patrol Boat VOEA Ngahau Siliva to the Kingdom of Tonga.

}}

{{cite press release

| last = Morse

| first = Cameron

| title = Austal Australia delivers 8th Guardian Class patrol boat

| work = Austal

| location = Henderson, Australia

| date = 2 November 2020

| access-date = 14 October 2022

| url = https://austal.gcs-web.com/static-files/b741a669-dcc2-442c-afd8-6852d9971086

| quote = The vessel, VOEA Ngahau Siliva, was gifted by the Australian Government to the Kingdom of Tonga during a handover ceremony at Austal Australia’s Henderson shipyard on Friday 30 October; attended by Her Royal Highness, Princess Angelika Latufuipeka Tukuʻaho of the Kingdom of Tonga; the Australian Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon. Melissa Price MP, and, RAN Head of Maritime Systems, Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group RADM Wendy Malcolm. Austal Chief Operating Officer and CEO Designate Patrick Gregg said VOEA Ngahau Siliva was the second Guardian-class Patrol Boat delivered to the Kingdom of Tonga under the Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Project and the eighth delivered in total since December 2018.}}

{{cite news

| url = https://rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/431458/fiji-and-australia-working-on-defence-agreement

| title = Fiji and Australia working on defence agreement

| work = Radio New Zealand

| date = 25 November 2020

| access-date = 26 November 2020

| quote = Fiji received its first Guardian Class, the RFNS Savenaca, in March 2020 with the second vessel scheduled for handover in 2023.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/key-enablers/7261-australia-fiji-open-talks-on-reciprocal-status-of-forces-agreement

| title = Australia, Fiji pave way for reciprocal Status of Forces Agreement

| work = Defence Connect

| author = Chardel Kadib

| date = 26 November 2020

| access-date = 26 November 2020

| quote = The ministers also discussed the progress of Australia’s Pacific Maritime Security Program, which delivered the first Guardian Class vessel, RFNS Savenaca, to the island nation in March, with the second vessel scheduled for handover in 2023.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://matangitonga.to/2021/01/27/king-tupou-vi-commissions-new-patrol-boat

| title = King Tupou VI commissions new patrol boat

| work = Matangi Tonga

| date = 28 January 2021

| location = Nuku'alofa, Tonga

| access-date = 27 January 2021

| quote = HM King Tupou VI commissioned the Tonga Navy's VOEA Ngahau Siliva patrol boat at the Masefield Base, Touliki, today.

}}

{{cite news

| url = https://www.solomonstarnews.com/index.php/news/national/item/25049-new-patrol-boat

| title = New Patrol Boat

| work = Solomon Star News

| date = 15 February 2021

| author = John Follett

| location = Honiara

| access-date = 16 February 2021

| quote = THE Australian Government will provide Solomon Islands with its sixth brand-new Guardian-class Patrol Boat named RSIPV Taro in May.

}}

{{cite press release

| last = Morse

| first = Cameron

| title = Austal Australia delivers 9th Guardian Class patrol boat

| url = https://www.austal.com/news/austal-australia-delivers-9th-guardian-class-patrol-boat

| url-status = live

| location = Henderson, Australia

| publisher = Austal

| agency =

| date = 17 March 2022

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210318005546/https://www.austal.com/news/austal-australia-delivers-9th-guardian-class-patrol-boat

| archive-date = 18 March 2021

| access-date = 12 October 2022

| quote = Faster, with improved seakeeping, better amenities and an enhanced mission capability – including an integrated RHIB stern launch and recovery system [the boat will] carry out border patrols, regional policing, search and rescue [...] The vessel is named after Brigadier General Rochus Lokinap, a former Commander of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force from 1987 to 1992.}}

{{cite web

| title = Pacific Maritime Security Program

| author =

| location = Australia

| website = defense.gov.au

| publisher =

| agency = Australian Department of Defense

| url-status = live

| url = https://www.defence.gov.au/programs-initiatives/pacific-engagement/maritime-capability

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210410234351/https://www.defence.gov.au/programs-initiatives/pacific-engagement/maritime-capability

| date =

| archive-date = 10 April 2021

| access-date = 9 October 2022

| quote = }}

{{cite news

| title = Vessels decommissioned

| work = The National

| author =

| location = Lombrum, PNG

| date = 19 April 2021

| access-date = 20 May 2021

| archive-date = 20 May 2021

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210520125548/https://www.thenational.com.pg/vessels-decommissioned/

| url-status = live

| url = https://www.thenational.com.pg/vessels-decommissioned

| quote = The last three such boats decommissioned were HMPNGS Dreger, HMPNGS Seeadler and HMPNGS Moresby. The decommissioning ceremony took place at the patrol boat base in HMPNGS Tarangau. The decommissioning paves the way for the guardian class patrol boats – HMPNGS Ted Diro and NUSHIP Rochus Lokinap which docked on Tuesday. Of the four patrol boats, HMPNG Rabaul, which was decommissioned two years ago, was built first, HMPNGS Dreger was the most operational ship in the fleet. It steamed 383,177.17 nautical miles in a total of 73,000,195.85 hours since commissioning on Oct 11, 1987, clocking 34 years of loyal service.}}

{{cite press release

| last = Morse

| first = Cameron

| title = Austal Australia delivers 10th Guardian Class patrol boat

| url = https://www.austal.com/news/austal-australia-delivers-10th-guardian-class-patrol-boat

| url-status = live

| location = Cairns

| publisher = Austal

| agency =

| date = 9 May 2022

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210922230815/https://www.austal.com/news/austal-australia-delivers-10th-guardian-class-patrol-boat

| archive-date = 22 September 2021

| access-date = 9 October 2022

}}

{{Cite news

| first = Gabriel

| last = Dominguez

| title = Australia hands over second Guardian-class patrol boat to Solomon Islands

| website = Janes

| date = 10 May 2021

| access-date = 18 May 2021

| url = https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/australia-hands-over-second-guardian-class-patrol-boat-to-solomon-islands

| language = en}}

{{Cite news

| author =

| title = Kiribati receives new Guardian-class patrol boat from Australia

| work = Asia-Pacific Defense Journal

| url = https://www.asiapacificdefensejournal.com/2021/06/kiribati-receives-new-guardian-class.html

| access-date = 10 October 2022

| date = 21 June 2021

| archive-date = 29 July 2021

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210729235649/https://www.asiapacificdefensejournal.com/2021/06/kiribati-receives-new-guardian-class.html

| url-status = live

| quote = "Austal Limited has announced that it has delivered the eleventh Guardian-class patrol boat to the Australian Department of Defence, which was handed over to the Government of the Republic of Kiribati"}}

{{cite news

| last1 = Hartigan

| first1 = Brian

| title = Australia agrees to arm PNG patrol boats

| url = https://www.contactairlandandsea.com/2021/06/25/australia-agrees-to-arm-png-patrol-boats/

| work = Contact Air Land and Sea

| access-date = 25 June 2021

| date = 25 June 2021

| archive-date = 22 October 2021

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211022214015/https://www.contactairlandandsea.com/2021/06/25/australia-agrees-to-arm-png-patrol-boats/

| url-status = live}}

{{cite news

| author = Matai'a Lanuola Tusani Tupufia-Ah Tong

| url = https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/88744

| title = Nafanua II runs aground in Savai'i waters

| publisher = Samoa Observer

| date = 5 August 2021

| access-date = 5 August 2021

| archive-date = 8 October 2021

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211008225140/https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/88744

| url-status = live}}

{{cite press release

| last = Morse

| first = Cameron

| title = Austal Australia delivers 13th Guardian Class patrol boat

| url = https://www.austal.com/news/austal-australia-delivers-13th-guardian-class-patrol-boat

| url-status = live

| location = Cairns

| publisher = Austal

| agency =

| date = 22 October 2021

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211207002943/https://www.austal.com/news/austal-australia-delivers-13th-guardian-class-patrol-boat

| archive-date = 7 December 2021

| access-date = 9 October 2022

}}

{{cite news

| title = F-FDTL atribui naran Aitana no Laline ba ró patrollamentu rua hosi Austrália

| url = http://www.tatoli.tl/2021/12/09/f-fdtl-atribui-naran-aitana-no-laline-ba-ro-patrollamentu-rua-hosi-australia/

| access-date = 17 February 2022 | agency = Tatoli

| date = 9 December 2021 | language = tet}}

{{cite news

| author = Matai'a Lanuola Tusani Tupufia-Ah Tong

| url = https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/96414

| title = Nafanua II captain found guilty of negligence

| publisher = Samoa Observer

| date = 21 December 2021

| access-date = 21 December 2021

| archive-date = 21 December 2021

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211221093406/https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/96414

| url-status = live}}

{{cite news

| author = Matai'a Lanuola Tusani Tupufia-Ah Tong

| url = https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/96636

| title = Nafanua II captain fined, demoted

| publisher = Samoa Observer

| date = 7 January 2022

| access-date = 7 January 2022

| archive-date = 8 January 2022

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220108224912/https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/96636

| url-status = live}}

{{cite press release

| author =

| title = The FSS Independence & FSS Micronesia depart after more than thirty years of service; crews to return with Guardian-Class patrol boats

| location = PALIKIR, Pohnpei

| publisher = FSM Public Information

| agency = National Government of the Federated States of Micronesia

| date = 14 January 2022

| access-date = 12 October 2022

| archive-date = 13 March 2022

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220313043415/https://fsmembassy.fm/the-fss-independence-crews-to-return-with-guardian-class-patrol-boats/

| url-status = live

| url = https://fsmembassy.fm/the-fss-independence-crews-to-return-with-guardian-class-patrol-boats/

| quote = Today, you—the crews of the Micronesia and the Independence—will begin your journey to the State of Western Australia. There, you will say goodbye to these faithful companions, and greet and become trained on the new Guardian-class replacements. [...] I am informed that the new patrol boats are an improvement in every way. The new boats are 39.5 meters long, as opposed to 31.5 meters long; the new boats have a range of 3,000 nautical miles at 12 knots, as opposed to a range of 2,500 nautical miles; the new Guardian-class vessels are equipped with an onboard fast rescue boat, which will greatly improve search and rescue operations; the new boats have a series of quality-of-life improvements, such as a reduction in tank numbers to simplify the fuel system arrangement, simplified monitoring and control of mechanical systems, improved fuel consumption due to electronic control of main engines, and improved access to all voids and bilge spaces for inspection and maintenance, among so many other improvements. [...] handover on March 11th, 2022.}}

{{cite news

| author =

| title = FSS Independence, FSS Micronesia depart FSM

| location = PALIKIR, Pohnpei

| publisher = Marianas Variety

| agency = National Government of the Federated States of Micronesia

| date = 14 January 2022

| access-date = 12 October 2022

| archive-date = 15 January 2022

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220115152655/https://www.mvariety.com/news/fss-independence-fss-micronesia-depart-fsm/article_08d5571e-748b-11ec-a37c-135337b134c3.html

| url-status = live

| url = https://www.mvariety.com/news/fss-independence-fss-micronesia-depart-fsm/article_08d5571e-748b-11ec-a37c-135337b134c3.html

| quote = departure ceremony for the Federated States Ship Independence and FSS Micronesia. [...] The two patrol boats, [...], will be returning to Australia. [...] Shortly after arrival, the crews of the Independence and Micronesia will receive extensive training on the new Guardian-class patrol boats, which are part of Australia’s Patrol Boat Replacement Program, itself a component unit of the Pacific Maritime Surveillance Program.}}

{{cite web

| author =

| title = New police patrol boat launched

| publisher = Cook Islands News

| date = 22 January 2022

| access-date = 23 January 2022

| archive-date = 22 January 2022

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220122222829/https://www.cookislandsnews.com/national/local/new-police-patrol-boat-launched/

| url-status =

| url = https://www.cookislandsnews.com/national/local/new-police-patrol-boat-launched/

| quote = }}

{{cite web

| title = Timor-Leste and Australia Prime Ministers' Meeting

| url = http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=30132&lang=en&n=1

| website = Government of Timor-Leste

| access-date = 17 February 2022 | language = en}}

{{Cite web

| author = Eirenei Ariu

| title = Joint Statement – Nafanua II - (4 March 2022)

| work = Government of Samoa (www.samoagovt.ws)

| location =

| date = 4 March 2022

| access-date = 3 June 2022

| archive-date = 5 March 2022

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220305210925/https://www.samoagovt.ws/2022/03/joint-statement-nafanua-ii-4th-march-2022/

| url-status = live

| url = https://www.samoagovt.ws/2022/03/joint-statement-nafanua-ii-4th-march-2022/}}

{{cite web

| author = Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi

| title = Nafanua II "beyond economical repair": Australia, Samoa Governments

| publisher = Samoa Observer

| date = 5 March 2022

| access-date = 6 March 2022

| archive-date = 5 March 2022

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220305221827/https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/97429

| url-status = live

| url = https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/97429

| quote = A thorough assessment of the badly damaged Nafanua II patrol boat, which is currently high and dry in an Australian shipyard, has concluded that the vessel is "beyond economical repair". [...] The status of the $30 million tala vessel [...]}}

{{Cite web

| title = Republic of Fiji Navy

| website = Facebook

| date =

| access-date =

| archive-date = 9 March 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220309120810/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3D268060662167099%26id%3D100068895022784

| url-status = live

| url = https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=268060662167099&id=100068895022784

}} [https://archive.org/details/facebook-post-republic-of-fiji-navy Alt URL]

{{cite press release

| last = Clark

| first = Richard

| title = The Federated States of Micronesia's Maritime Security is Enhanced with New Guardian-class Patrol Boat, the FSS Tosiwo Nakayama

| location = PALIKIR, Pohnpei

| website = gov.fm

| agency = National Government of the Federated States of Micronesia

| date = 11 March 2022

| access-date = 9 October 2022

| archive-date = 8 July 2022

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220708230424/https://gov.fm/index.php/component/content/article/35-pio-articles/news-and-updates/587-the-federated-states-of-micronesia-s-maritime-security-is-enhanced-with-new-guardian-class-patrol-boat-the-fss-tosiwo-nakayama?Itemid=177

| url-status = live

| url = https://gov.fm/index.php/component/content/article/35-pio-articles/news-and-updates/587-the-federated-states-of-micronesia-s-maritime-security-is-enhanced-with-new-guardian-class-patrol-boat-the-fss-tosiwo-nakayama?Itemid=177

| quote = On March 11th, 2022, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) has received the first of its two Guardian-class Patrol Boats, delivered through the Australian Government’s Pacific Maritime Security Program at a handover ceremony in Henderson, Western Australia.}}

{{cite news

| author = The Shephard News Team

| title = Micronesia receives first Guardian-class patrol boat with another to come

| work = Shephard Media

| location = Christchurch

| date = 16 March 2022

| access-date = 14 October 2022

| archive-date = 16 March 2022

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220316130329/https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/naval-warfare/micronesia-receives-first-guardian-class-patrol-bo/

| url-status = live

| url = https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/naval-warfare/micronesia-receives-first-guardian-class-patrol-bo/

| quote = 11 March. FSS Tosiwo Nakayama is one of two 39.5m-long Guardian-class boats destined for the Federated States of Micronesia under the Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Project. Each Guardian-class vessel carries a fast rescue boat powered by two 90hp Yamaha outboard motors, deployed and retrieved by a launch and recovery system fitted at the stern. The vessels are also armed with a 30mm calibre gun along with optional 0.50cal general-purpose machine guns.}}

{{cite press release

| last = Morse

| first = Cameron

| title = Austal Australia delivers 14th Guardian Class patrol boat

| url = https://www.austal.com/news/austal-australia-delivers-14th-guardian-class-patrol-boat

| url-status = live

| location = Cairns

| publisher = Austal

| agency =

| date = 11 March 2022

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220403213131/https://www.austal.com/news/austal-australia-delivers-14th-guardian-class-patrol-boat

| archive-date = 3 April 2022

| access-date = 7 October 2022

}}

{{cite web

| last = Jaynes

| first = Bill

| title = FSS Palikir greets FSS Tosiwo Nakiyama in Pohnpei, FSM

| website = youtube.com

| date = 24 May 2022

| access-date = 12 October 2022

| archive-date = 4 August 2022

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220804165647/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVPhp15pYJA

| url-status = live

| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVPhp15pYJA

| quote = On Friday, May 22, 2022, the members of the crew of the FSS Palikir, the 30 year old surveillance vessel in the FSM donated by the Australian Government went to see to greet the crew of the FSS Tosiwo Nakayama, the first of two new ships donated to replace the FSM's older vessels. FSS Palikir is scheduled to be decommissioned in early June and will make the journey to Australia to be trained on the second of the two new vessels.}}

{{cite press release

| last = Morse

| first = Cameron

| title = Austal Australia delivers 15th Guardian Class patrol boat

| url = https://www.austal.com/news/austal-australia-delivers-15th-guardian-class-patrol-boat

| url-status = live

| location = Cairns

| publisher = Austal

| agency =

| date = 27 May 2022

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221004155005/https://www.austal.com/news/austal-australia-delivers-15th-guardian-class-patrol-boat

| archive-date = 4 October 2022

| access-date = 7 October 2022

}}

{{cite press release

| author =

| title = Joint press conference - Apia, Samoa

| url = https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/transcript/joint-press-conference-apia-samoa

| url-status = live

| location = Apia, Samoa

| publisher = Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs

| agency = DFAT

| date = 2 June 2022

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220902062612/https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/transcript/joint-press-conference-apia-samoa

| archive-date = 2 September 2022

| access-date = 3 June 2022

| language = en

| quote = "And I was pleased to advise the Prime Minister today that we would announce today a replacement Guardian-class patrol boat to replace the Nafanua II. I know that this will occur in about, next year [...]"

}}

{{cite news

| last1 = Hurst

| first1 = Daniel

| title = Serious defects discovered in patrol boats Australia supplied to Pacific Islands

| work = The Guardian

| date = 30 June 2022

| access-date = 12 October 2022

| archive-date = 30 June 2022

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220630174616/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jul/01/serious-defects-discovered-in-patrol-boats-australia-supplied-to-pacific-islands

| url-status = live

| url = https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jul/01/serious-defects-discovered-in-patrol-boats-australia-supplied-to-pacific-islands

| quote = Pacific island countries may halt the use of Australian-provided patrol boats after potentially serious defects were discovered, in a blow to a $2.1bn maritime security program. [...] medical bay in the vessel uses recirculated air, rather than fresh air. [...] fault in the exhaust system. It is understood carbon monoxide was entering a compartment.}}

{{cite news

| last1 = Arthur

| first1 = Gordon

| title = Questions raised over Australia's Guardian ship

| work = Shephard Media

| location = Christchurch

| date = 6 July 2022

| access-date = 14 October 2022

| archive-date = 9 July 2022

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220709001007/https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/naval-warfare/questions-raised-over-australias-guardian-ship/

| url-status = live

| url = https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/naval-warfare/questions-raised-over-australias-guardian-ship/

| quote = Technical faults have been reported in patrol boats being donated by Australia to its Pacific neighbours. Austal Australia is building 22 Guardian-class patrol boats for Pacific nations, but faults have been identified that have seen a number of vessels awaiting rectification. The chief problem relates to the type’s exhaust system.}}

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[https://www.austal.com/ships/guardian-class-patrol-boat-austal-patrol-40 Austal: Guardian Class Patrol Boat (Austal Patrol 40)]

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