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Patrol boat
Guardian-class patrol boat is a patrol boat. It was built by Austal. Reported operators include Papua New Guinea ( Military ) Tuvalu ( Police ) Tonga ( Military ) Samoa ( Police ) Solomon Islands ( Police ) Fiji ( Navy ) Palau ( Police ) Kiribati ( Police ) Vanuatu ( Police ) Republic of Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia ( Police ) Cook Islands ( Police ) Timor Leste ( Military ) Maldives ( MNDF Coast Guard ).
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Patrol boat
39.5 m (129 ft 7 in)
8 m (26 ft 3 in)
2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
2 × Caterpillar 3516C diesels, 2 shafts
20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
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Australia shipped the vessels complete, except for weapons. 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns (Solomon Islands)
Guardian class
Austal
Papua New Guinea ( Military ) Tuvalu ( Police ) Tonga ( Military ) Samoa ( Police ) Solomon Islands ( Police ) Fiji ( Navy ) Palau ( Police ) Kiribati ( Police ) Vanuatu ( Police ) Republic of Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia ( Police ) Cook Islands ( Police ) Timor Leste ( Military ) Maldives ( MNDF Coast Guard )
Pacific class
30 million Samoan tālā ( which was A$ 15.88 million on 2021-08-05 )
2018–present
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14 (30 June 2022)
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The Guardian-class patrol boats are a class of small patrol vessels designed and built in Australia and provided to small South Pacific Ocean countries as part of the Australian Government's Pacific Maritime Security Program .
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 | 39.5 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 39.5 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Guardian-class patrol boat equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
FijiNavy exact named equipment holdings of Guardian (AUS Bay mod) (1 more non- operational). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS / PCO. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. The leading printed inventory count is retained; separately stated extra reserve, nonoperational or repair quantities inside parentheses are not added to it and remain verbatim in the excerpt. Source parentheses retain employment, lease, reporting designation, alternate model, or included-subset scopes exactly. Own fetched primary and alternate/model identity declarations are retained. Numbers inside an included subset are part of the printed count and are never added again; no sibling or parent specification is copied.
Papua New GuineaMaritime Element exact named equipment holdings of Guardian (AUS Bay mod). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS / PCO. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. The leading printed inventory count is retained; separately stated extra reserve, nonoperational or repair quantities inside parentheses are not added to it and remain verbatim in the excerpt. Source parentheses retain employment, lease, reporting designation, alternate model, or included-subset scopes exactly. Own fetched primary and alternate/model identity declarations are retained. Numbers inside an included subset are part of the printed count and are never added again; no sibling or parent specification is copied.
TongaNavy exact named equipment holdings of Guardian (AUS Bay mod). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS / PCO. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. The leading printed inventory count is retained; separately stated extra reserve, nonoperational or repair quantities inside parentheses are not added to it and remain verbatim in the excerpt. Source parentheses retain employment, lease, reporting designation, alternate model, or included-subset scopes exactly. Own fetched primary and alternate/model identity declarations are retained. Numbers inside an included subset are part of the printed count and are never added again; no sibling or parent specification is copied.
Papua New Guinea ( Military ) Tuvalu ( Police ) Tonga ( Military ) Samoa ( Police ) Solomon Islands ( Police ) Fiji ( Navy ) Palau ( Police ) Kiribati ( Police ) Vanuatu ( Police ) Republic of Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia ( Police ) Cook Islands ( Police ) Timor Leste ( Military ) Maldives ( MNDF Coast Guard )
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