RKS Teanoai (301)
RKS Teanoai (301) is a Pacific Forum patrol boat operated by the Republic of Kiribati Police. Teanoai is one of twenty-two small patrol vessels Australia designed and built for smaller fellow members of the Pacific Islands Forum, after the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea extended control of a 200-kilometre (Template:Convert/nmi) exclusive economic zone for all maritime nations.[1][2]
Teanoai was to have been replaced by the larger and more capable Guardian class patrol vessel RKS Teanoai II in late 2020, postponed to July 2021.[3]
Operational history
In 2006 Teanoai worked with the Greenpeace ship MV Esperanza on fishery patrol.[4]
In February 2018 Teanoai and RMIS Lomor 03 performed a joint patrol of their waters.[5] On November 7, 2019, Teanoai rendezvoused with USCGC Stratton.[6] The vessels' crews engaged in boarding exercises, including both Stratton's pursuit boat, and her on-board helicopter.
References
- ↑ Jordan Vinson (2 March 2017). "Meet Royal Australian Navy Lt. Commander Mat O'Loughlin and Chief Petty Officer Michael Grant.". The Kwajelien Hourglass: p. 2. Archived from the original on 2018-08-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20180809122038/https://www.army.mil/e2/c/downloads/469663.pdf. Retrieved 2020-04-26. "Australia has gifted 22 patrol boats and one landing craft to 12 different Pacific island countries. RMI has one."
- ↑ Arun Mathew (2020-04-24). "Austal Launches 8th Guardian-Class Patrol Boat". Defpost. Archived from the original on 2020-04-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20200426140642/https://defpost.com/austal-launches-8th-guardian-class-patrol-boat/. "The vessel is to be delivered to Kiribati under the Australian Government’s Pacific Maritime Security Program. The boat, to be named RKS Teanoai II (301), will replace the Republic of Kiribati Police’s Pacific Forum-class patrol boat, RKS Teanoai (301)."
- ↑ "PLUNDERING THE PACIFIC: Summary of findings of Greenpeace joint enforcement exercises with FSM and Kiribati, September 4th – October 23rd 2006". Greenpeace. Archived from the original on 2020-04-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20200426141545/https://www.wcpfc.int/file/1623/download?token=g5Uh3gfN. "Greenpeace and fisheries authorities from Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and Kiribati have, over the course of seven weeks, undertaken joint surveillance and enforcement exercises in the Pacific. The work included patrolling the exclusive economic zones (EEZ) of both nations, and boarding and inspecting fishing vessels found in these areas. The collaboration has exposed some key findings about the nature of illegal, unreported and unregulated IUU fishing in the Pacific."
- ↑ Hilary Hosia (16 February 2018). "Kiribati, RMI joint sea patrol". The Marshall Islands Journal. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180809071546/http://marshallislandsjournal.com/?p=5460. "Patrol vessels Teanoai from the Republic of Kiribati and Lomor from Marshall Islands conducted joint operations and open ocean exercises last week following Teanoai’s arrival in Majuro Thursday."
- ↑ "U.S., Kiribati conducts joint training at sea in Pacific on USCGC Stratton's return to U.S.". US Embassy, Fiji (Suva, Fiji). 2019-11-18. Archived from the original on 2020-04-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20200426140725/https://fj.usembassy.gov/u-s-kiribati-conducts-joint-training-at-sea-in-pacific-on-uscgc-strattons-return-to-u-s/. Retrieved 2019-11-24. "The two ship’s crews rendezvoused at sea. The Stratton conducted maneuvers with the Teanoai crew, to include the launch and maneuvering of a Stratton small-boat alongside the 103-foot Teanoai in 5 to 6-foot seas with 4 foot swells. Stratton’s embarked MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew was launched from the cutter and conducted an overflight of the vessels to demonstrated hoist operations."
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