Te Mataili II (802)
 A sister ship in Henderson, Australia
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The Te Mataili II (802) is the second Guardian class patrol boat and the first of its class to be made available to the island state of Tuvalu by Australia . It entered service on April 5, 2019 and replaced the Te Mataili , an old patrol boat of the Pacific Islands Forum , which had also been made available to Tuvalu by Australia and had reached its planned maximum age.
background
When the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea was concluded, which extended the exclusive economic zone to 200 nm (370.4 km), Australia offered to make smaller patrol boats available to the twelve smaller states of the Pacific Islands Forum. The first boats were delivered in 1987 and in 2015 Australia announced that the old boats would be replaced with larger and more powerful boats.
design
Australian shipbuilder Austal won the AU $ 335 million contract for the project and built the ships at its docks at Henderson near Perth . The patrol boat was equipped with standardized equipment so that the boat is easy to maintain even in small, remote shipyards.
The ships are 39.5 m long and can cover 3,000 nm (5,600 km) at a speed of 12 kn (22 km / h). The maximum speed is 20 kn (37 km / h). The design allows a pair of heavy machine guns and a machine cannon with a caliber of up to 30 mm to be attached to the upper deck.
In July 2019, Inspector Seleganui Fusi , the commanding officer of Te Mataili II , hosted a delegation from Timor for a briefing exercise before their own ship arrived.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Christopher Pyne : Guardian Class Patrol Boat gifted to Tuvalu. Department of Defense 2019-04-07. [1] : " 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 Labor, 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. "
- ↑ Ridzwan Rahmat: Tuvalu Receives Guardian-class patrol boat from Australia. Jane's Navy International , Singapore 2019-04-08. "The vessel, which has been named Te Mataili II, was handed over to the Tuvalu Government on April 7 in a ceremony at Western Australia. The vessel will be operated by the maritime surveillance unit of the Tuvalu Police Force. "
- ↑ a b Hamish Hastie: Wrapped up with a bow: First Pacific patrol boat hits the water. The Sydney Morning Herald 2018-05-30. [4] : "The $ 335 million Pacific patrol boat program was awarded to Austal in 2016 and will see 21 'Guardian Class' boats built in WA and gifted to 12 Pacific Island countries and East Timor as part of the Pacific maritime security program."
- ↑ Gabriel Dominguez: Papua New Guinea receives first Guardian-class patrol boat. Jane's Defense Weekly , London 2018-12-03. [5] : "The steel-hulled boat was built with space and weight considerations for a 30 mm naval gun as a primary weapon, as well as port and starboard mounts for 12.7 mm general-purpose machine guns."
- ↑ Austal Pacific Patrol Boat 40. (PDF) Austal May 20, 2016. [6] : “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. "
- ↑ Timor receives Guardian Class preview. Defense Connect 2019-07-24. "Members from the Falantil Forcas Defesa de Timor Lorosae (F-FDTL) were able to see first-hand the second Guardian Class Patrol Boat built by West Australian shipbuilder Austal, which is part of the contract that will see 23 ships built for Timor- Leste and 12 Pacific island nations over four years. "