CIPPB Te Kukupa II explained

Te Kukupa II is a built in Australia for the Cook Islands.[1] It replaced the original, supplied to the Cook Islands three decades earlier. Her crew is drawn from the Cook Islands Police Service.

Australia supplied 22 s to 12 of its smaller Pacific Forum allies when the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea established that maritime nations controlled an economic exclusion zone off their coasts.

Design

Australia designed the vessels to use commercial off the shelf components, rather than cutting edge military grade components, to make it easier to maintain the vessels in small, isolated shipyards. The vessels have a maximum speed of 20kn, and have a complement of approximately 20 crewmembers. They are able to launch and retrieve a pursuit boat from a stern launching ramp without requiring bringing the vessel to a halt.[2]

Operational history

Te Kukupa II was launched in January 2022.[1] [3] It was formally handed over to the Cook Islands at a ceremony on 9 June 2022,[4] and arrived in Rarotonga on 20 July 2022.[5]

In August 2022 it transported covid-19 vaccines to Palmerston Island.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New police patrol boat launched . Cook Islands News . 22 January 2022 . 23 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220122222829/https://www.cookislandsnews.com/national/local/new-police-patrol-boat-launched/ . 22 January 2022.
  2. Web site: Austal Launches 15th Guardian-class Patrol Boat Te Kukupa II for Cook Island . Military Leak . 22 January 2022 . 23 January 2022.
  3. Web site: Austal launches 15th Guardian-class patrol boat Te Kukupa II for Australia . Navy Recognition . 19 January 2022 . 23 January 2022.
  4. Web site: PM attends handover ceremony for Te Kukupa II . Cook Islands News . 10 June 2022 . 11 June 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220611005513/https://www.cookislandsnews.com/national/local/pm-attends-handover-ceremony-for-te-kukupa-ii/ . 11 June 2022.
  5. Web site: Te Kukupa II welcomed home . Cook Islands News . Melina Etches . 21 July 2022 . 22 July 2022.
  6. Web site: Te Kukupa II to transport latest batch of Covid-19 vaccines to Palmerston . Cook Islands News . 25 August 2022 . Matthew Littlewood . 26 August 2022.

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