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RVS Tukoro
RVS ''Tukoro'' is a Pacific Forum patrol boat that performs fishery protection, search and rescue and sovereignty patrols for Vanuatu. ''Tukoro'' is one of twenty-two small patrol vessels Australia designed and built for smaller fellow members of the Pacific Islands Forum, Pacific Forum, after the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea extended control of a exclusive economic zone for all maritime nations. Design ''Tukoro'', like her sister ships, Displacement (ship), displaces approximately 160 tonnes, and can accommodate a crew of eighteen for missions lasting ten days or less. The vessel's maximum speed is . Australia chose commercial off the shelf equipment, instead of cutting edge military-grade equipment, to ease the maintenance burden for small nations' maintenance facilities. Operational history ''Tukoro'' was severely damaged on March 14, 2015 by Hurricane Pam. Hurricane Pam was extremely severe, with winds up to . ''Tukoro'' was washed ashore on Moso Isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Forum Patrol Boat
The Pacific class (also known as the Pacific Forum classToppan & Walsh, ''World Navies Today: Other Asia-Pacific Navies'' and the ASI 315 class) is a class of 22 patrol boats built by Australia and donated to twelve South Pacific countries. They were constructed between 1985 and 1997 and are operated by militaries, coast guards or police forces of twelve island nations. These boats are supported by the Pacific Patrol Boat Program and used primarily for maritime surveillance and fisheries protection. Design and construction The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea took effect in 1982. It introduced a exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to the territories of all nations with an ocean coastline. Several Southwest Pacific island nations found themselves responsible for policing an area of ocean that was beyond their maritime capability, and often significantly larger than their land territories (at its most extreme, the EEZ of Tuvalu dwarfs its landmass by a ratio of almost 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
