Australian Minister for Defence, Christopher Pyne, and Minister for Defence Industry, Steven Ciobo, said it’s the first of four new boats to be gifted to PNG as part of the Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement project.
Minister Pyne said the first boat will be commissioned HMPNGS Ted Diro on return to PNG and is named after the first Commander of the PNG Defence Force post-independence.
“The Ted Diro is the first of 21 Guardian class patrol boats to be gifted to 12 Pacific Island countries and Timor-Leste,” Minister Pyne said.
