History | |
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Fiji | |
Name | Kiro |
Launched | 1996 |
Commissioned | 1996 |
Decommissioned | 2016 |
Identification | IMO number: 9086473 |
Status | Abandoned, after cast ashore during a cyclone |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Pacific Forum-class patrol boat |
Displacement | 162 tons |
Length | 103 ft (31 m) |
RFNS Kiro (203) was one of three Pacific Forum patrol boats operated by Fiji.[1] She was the last of the three to be launched, in May 1995, and the first to be retired, when she ran aground and was deemed unsalvable, in 2016.