Global InformationHMPNGS Ted Diro information
 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[3] |
| Launched | 29 May 2018[1] |
| Acquired | 30 November 2018[2] |
| 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]
- ^ "Austal launches first Guardian Class Pacific Patrol Boat" (Press release). Austal. 2018-05-30. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
- ^ "First Guardian Class patrol boat gifted to PNG" (Press release). Australian Department of Defence. 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
- ^ "Austal celebrates ceremonial keel laying of the first Pacific Patrol Boat" (Press release). Austal. 2017-07-31. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
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