Republic of Fiji Navy

Republic of Fiji Navy
RFNS Kikau (202)
Country Fiji
Part ofRepublic of Fiji Military Forces
Commanders
Chief officer of the Fijian NavyHumphrey Tawake
Insignia
Naval Ensign of Fiji

The Republic of Fiji Navy or Fijian Navy is the naval branch of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces. Formerly known as the Royal Fijian Navy,[1] it was established after Fiji ratified the recently created 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.[2] The Convention established that maritime nations had an Exclusive Economic Zone of 200 kilometres, which extended Fiji's waters twentyfold, from 50,000 square miles (130,000 km2) to over 1,000,000 square miles (2,600,000 km2), necessitating a more substantial naval force to enforce Fijian jurisdiction and protect economic activity in the Fijian EEZ.

Fiji was provided three Pacific Forum patrol vessels, designed and built by Australia, so its Pacific Forum neighbours could police their own sovereignty.

Captain Humphrey Tawake is the current Chief officer of the Fijian Navy.[3][4]

  1. ^ Annual Reports for the Year 1975, Mineral Resources Department, 1975, page 107
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