RKS Teanoai II (301)

RKS Teanoai II (301) will be the eighth Guardian-class patrol vessel built by Australian shipbuilding firm Austal for Australia's Pacific Islands Forum neighbours.[1] She was launched on April 24, 2020, and is scheduled to be delivered to the Kiribati Police later in 2020.[2] She will replace the 35 year old Pacific Forum patrol vessel also named Teanoai.

RKS Teanoai II (301) at Austal shipyards in Henderson, Western Australia, in April 2020.

References

1. Patrick Bergin (24 November 2019). "Security challenges rule the waves in Pacific". The Australian. Retrieved 24 November 2019. Next year Fiji, Palau, Kiribati and Tonga will receive their boats. Following this, a new patrol boat will be delivered approximately every three months until 2023. Australia has committed $2bn to the program over the next 30 years.
2. Arun Mathew (2020-04-24). "Austal Launches 8th Guardian-Class Patrol Boat". Defpost. Retrieved 2020-04-26. 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).