PSS Remeliik II

Australia is building the PSS Remeliik II, for Palau, to replace the Pacific Forum patrol boat PSS Remeliik.[1] In the late 1980s and early 1990s Australia helped its smaller neighbours, in the Pacific Forum by building small patrol boats so they could protect their own sovereignty. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), had extended an Exclusive Economic Zone 200 kilometres off the shores of all maritime nations, and for small Island nations in the Pacific protecting their EEZ would be an overwhelming problem.

PSS Remeliik II at Austal shipyards in Henderson, May 2020

The original patrol boats were designed for a lifetime of approximately thirty years, and, prior to reaching this date, Australia designed and started building replacement vessels. The Guardian class patrol vessels are larger, and more capable than the original vessels. But, like the original Pacific Forum boats, they were designed to use commercial, off the shelf components, so they would be easier to maintain in small isolated shipyards.

The Remeliik II is scheduled for delivery in June 2020.[1]

References
  1. Rhealyn Pojas (2019-10-03). "Australia to give new ship to Palau to replace Remeliik 1". Island Times. Retrieved 2019-10-05. President Tommy Remengesau, Jr. divulged during a press conference on October 2 that the guardian class patrol boat Remeliik 2, which will replace its predecessor, the PSS Remeliik, will arrive in Palau in June next year.
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