Nafanua (ship)

**Nafanua**
	The sister ship RMIS Lomor on patrol
Ship data
flag	Samoa
Ship type	Patrol boat
class	Pacific class
Order	3rd October 1985
Commissioning	March 5, 1988
Ship dimensions and crew
length	31.5 m ( Lüa )
width	8.1 m
Draft	Max. 2.1 m
displacement	165 t
crew	17th
Machine system
machine	2 x Caterpillar - diesel engine
Machine ; performance	2,820 hp (2,074 kW)
Top ; speed	20 kn (37 km / h)
propeller	2
Armament
	2 × machine gun ; Foundation for a 20 mm Oerlikon cannon ;
Sensors
	1 × navigation radar ;

The Nafanua is a Samoa Police patrol boat . She was built in Australia together with 21 sister ships of the Pacific class . The boat is named after the historical warrior Nafanua , who was later worshiped as a deity. After the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea had extended the exclusive economic zone of the sovereign states to up to 200 nm , Australia agreed to make 12 of the boats available to its small neighboring countries in the Pacific Island Forum to carry out the tasks with the respective national police to be able to perceive a coast guard .

construction

The Nafanua and its sister ships were built with components from series production ( commercial off-the-shelf ) without advanced technology ( not cutting edge ), but with military equipment. It can also be maintained in small, poorly technical shipyards and operate at sea for up to ten days.

Calls

In September 2014, the Nafanua rescued four fishermen from American Samoa whose ship was in distress and found 185 nautical miles south of Apia .

In October 2014, the Samoa government allowed the Nafanua to patrol the waters of the neighboring Cook Islands as long as their patrol boat, the Te Kukupa , was undergoing extensive maintenance in Australia.

Royal Australian Navy sailors visited the Nafanua in June 2018 to provide technical assistance.

replacement

Australia started building new boats ( Guardian-class patrol vessel ) in 2017 . The replacement building for the Nafanua will be the larger Nafanua II .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Linda McCann: The Future of Australia's Pacific Patrol Boat Program: the Pacific Maritime Security Program August 2013. In: Shedden Papers : 21-22, The Center for Defense and Strategic Studies .
^ Dave Morley: Lifelines across Pacific. In: Navy News Vol. 58, 23: 8, December 3, 2015. "The program involves 22 Australian-gifted patrol boats to 12 Pacific island countries, the majority of which are operated by police services."
↑ ^a ^b News from Cabinet, October 10, 2014. Government of Western Samao October 10, 2014: "Cabinet approved the return home, to American Samoa, of four crew members who were rescued by the Police patrol boat Nafanua on September 21, 2014."
↑ Sarah West: Ship bolsters crucial partnerships during 'Success'ful' visit to Samoa. In: Navy Daily , June 22, 2018: “Sailors from the ship's Electrical and Marine Technical departments volunteered to help their friends in the Samoa Police Service Maritime Wing conduct vital maintenance work on the Pacific Patrol Boat SPB Nafanua, complementing the assistance already provided through the Defense Cooperation Program (DCP). "
↑ Adel Fruean: New patrol boat to boost maritime security. In: Samoan Observer , January 28, 2019: "Under the Pacific Maritime Security Program, 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."

[Mccann-1] Linda McCann: The Future of Australia's Pacific Patrol Boat Program: the Pacific Maritime Security Program August 2013. In: Shedden Papers : 21-22, The Center for Defense and Strategic Studies .

[NavyNews2015-12-03A-2] Dave Morley: Lifelines across Pacific. In: Navy News Vol. 58, 23: 8, December 3, 2015. "The program involves 22 Australian-gifted patrol boats to 12 Pacific island countries, the majority of which are operated by police services."

[samoagovt2014-10-10-3] News from Cabinet, October 10, 2014. Government of Western Samao October 10, 2014: "Cabinet approved the return home, to American Samoa, of four crew members who were rescued by the Police patrol boat Nafanua on September 21, 2014."

[Au2018-06-22-4] Sarah West: Ship bolsters crucial partnerships during 'Success'ful' visit to Samoa. In: Navy Daily , June 22, 2018: “Sailors from the ship's Electrical and Marine Technical departments volunteered to help their friends in the Samoa Police Service Maritime Wing conduct vital maintenance work on the Pacific Patrol Boat SPB Nafanua, complementing the assistance already provided through the Defense Cooperation Program (DCP). "

[sobserver2019-01-28-5] Adel Fruean: New patrol boat to boost maritime security. In: Samoan Observer , January 28, 2019: "Under the Pacific Maritime Security Program, 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."