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RSIPV Gizo
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RSIPV Gizo (05) is a Guardian-class patrol boat in service with the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force Maritime Department. She was the fifth boat of her class to be completed.[1][2][3][4] Australian officials officially handed her over to representatives of the Solomon Islands on 8 November 2019, at the Austal shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia.
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Namesake | Gizo |
Operator | Royal Solomon Islands Police Force |
Yard number | 525 |
Acquired | 8 November 2019[1] |
Commissioned | 19 December 2019 |
Homeport | Aola Base, Point Cruz (Honiara) |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Type | Patrol boat |
Length | 39.5 m (129 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) |
Propulsion | 2 × Caterpillar 3516C diesels, 2 shafts |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Range | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 23 |
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She is the first of two Guardian-class vessels that Australia provided to the Solomon Islands, and replaced RSIPV Lata.[5][6] Her sister ship is RSIPV Taro.