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04 December

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PAPUA NEW GUINEA
The PNG navy commissioned former Australian navy BALIKPAPAN class heavy landing craft LABUAN … new name LEKAKAMU … primary use as training vessel.
(rmks: decommissioned in Australia last month and donated to Papua New Guinea)

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Zitat:Australia Supplies New Ships To Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea has received a new landing craft from Australia, just days after it commissioned its third Guardian class patrol boat, highlighting the ongoing modernisation of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF). The new landing craft, NUSHIP Cape Gloucester, will partially replace PNG’s two Balikpapan class landing craft which were retired last year after nearly five decades of service. [...]

A few days before the handover of NUSHIP Cape Gloucester, PNG formally inducted its third Guardian class patrol boat, HMPNGS Francis Agwi into service.

Through the Pacific Maritime Security Program (PMSP) Australia is delivering 21 Guardian class patrol boats to 12 Pacific nations and Timor Leste. PNG is currently scheduled to receive its fourth, and final boat sometime next year.