Ted Diro in the Austal shipyards in Henderson, Western Australia on 8 September 2018
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History | |
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Papua New Guinea | |
Name | Ted Diro |
Namesake | Ted Diro |
Builder | Austal |
Laid down | 31 July 2017[1] |
Launched | 29 May 2018[2] |
Acquired | 30 November 2018[3] |
Commissioned | 1 February 2019 |
Identification |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Guardian-class patrol boat |
Length | 39.5 m (130 ft) |
Beam | 8 m (26 ft) |
Draft | 2.5 ft (0.76 m) |
Propulsion | 2 × Caterpillar 3516C diesels, 2 shafts |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Range | 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Armament | Australia provides the ships without armament, but they are designed to be able to mount heavy machine guns, or an autocannon of up to 30mm on the foredeck |
HMPNGS Ted Diro (P401) is the first Guardian-class patrol boat to be completed.[4] Australia designed and provided four Pacific Forum-class patrol vessels to Papua New Guinea in 1987 and 1988, and in 2015 confirmed she would be replacing those vessels with four larger, and more capable, Guardian-class vessels.[5]
Ted Diro replaced HMPNGS Rabaul.[6] Australia transferred the vessel to Papua New Guinea on 30 November 2018.[7][8][9]
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