Austal Australia delivers the 10th GCPB May 10, 2021, by Sanja Pekic
Austal Australia has delivered RSIPV Taro, the tenth guardian-class patrol boat (GCPB) to the Australian Department of Defence.
Courtesy of Austal
RSIPV
Taro, named after Taro Island (capital of the Choiseul Province, located in the far northwest of the Solomon Islands archipelago), is the second of two guardian-class patrol boats that are to be delivered to the Solomon Islands under the Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Project.
This follows the delivery of the RSIPV
Gizo in November 2019.
The Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement (PPB-R) Project was granted to Austal in May 2016, with an additional contract option awarded in April 2018. The program includes 21 vessels, valued at more than A$335 million.
Austal s 10th Guardian Class Patrol Boat goes to Solomon Islands
According to the company, delivery of the second Guardian-class Patrol Boat to the Solomon Islands signifies the halfway mark in the delivery of the Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Project. The crew of the RSIPV Taro on board the vessel following the handover certificate signing.
Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) (OTCMKTS:AUTLF) has delivered its tenth Austral Australia Guardian-class Patrol Boat (GCPB) to the Australian Department of Defence.
The vessel, the RSIPV Taro, was then gifted by the Australian Government to the Solomon Islands Government.
This occurred during a certificate signing ceremony at Austal Australia’s Henderson shipyard attended by Solomon Islands High Commissioner to Australia Robert Sisilo, Federal Member for Stirling Vince Connelly and Royal Australian Navy head of Navy Engineering RADM Katherine Richards.
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