 Nafanua II
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Samoa | |
| Name | Nafanua II |
| Builder | Austal |
| Commissioned | 16 August 2019 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Damaged beyond repair after running aground. |
| Status | out of service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Guardian-class patrol boat |
| Length | 39.5 m (129 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
| Draft | 0.76 m (2.5 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Caterpillar 3516C diesels, 2 shafts |
| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Range | 3,000 nmi (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 30 mm on the foredeck |
Nafanua II (04) was a Guardian-class patrol boat built in Australia for Samoa.[1][2] It replaced the original Nafanua, supplied to Samoa three decades earlier. Her crew were drawn from the Samoan Police Force.[3]
Australia supplied 22 Pacific Forum-class patrol boats to 12 of its smaller Pacific Forum allies when the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea established that maritime nations controlled an economic exclusion zone 200 kilometres (120 mi) off their coasts.
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