VOEA Savea (P203)

VOEA Savea (P203) fue un buque patrullero del Foro del Pacífico operado por la Marina de Tonga entre 1989 y 2019.^[1]^[2]

En junio del 2019 fue reemplazado por el VOEA Ngahau Koula.^[3]

Cuando la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho del Mar extendió la zona económica exclusiva de las naciones marítimas, Australia diseñó y construyó 22 buque patrulleros para 12 de los miembros del Foro del Pacífico.^[2] Los proporcionó de forma gratuita, además ayudó a construir instalaciones portuarias y brindó capacitación. Esto permitió a sus vecinos detectar contrabandistas, pescadores de caza furtiva y proporcionar servicios.

Australia reemplazará al Savea y sus dos buques gemelos con dos poco más grandes y más capaces entre 2019 y 2020.^[4]

Diseño

Historia operacional

Referencias

↑ "VOEA Savea's final voyage from Tonga". Matangi Tonga. 16 de abril de 2019. Consultado el 25 de junio de 2019. «The VOEA Savea departed Masefield Navy Base for the last time on Saturday, April 13, sailing past the Nuku’alofa waterfront and Royal Palace on its way to Australia. It will be replaced by a new patrol boat named VOEA Ngahau Koula (Golden Arrow).»
1 2 3 "Maritime Surveillance Adviser -- Tonga". Nautilus Institute. Consultado el 26 de junio de 2018.
↑ "Tonga Receives Guardian-Class Patrol Boat, VOEA Ngahau Koula" Archivado el 18 de diciembre de 2019 en Wayback Machine.. Defpost. 24 de abril de 2019. Consultado el 25 de junio de 2019. «VOEA Ngahau Koula (Golden Arrow) replaces VOEA Savea, a Pacific Forum class patrol boat operated by the Tongan Maritime Force since the late 1980s. A second replacement vessel will follow in 2021. The new Guardian-class vessels are slightly larger, and more capable compared to Pacific Forum-class boats».
↑ "Tonga to receive new patrol boats from Australia". Tonga Broadcasting. 22 de agosto de 2017. Archivado desde el original el 23 de agosto de 2017. Consultado el 26 de junio de 2018. «According to Component Commander of the Navy, Commander Haisi Fonohema, Tonga will receive the 2 new patrol boats by 2019-2020».
↑ «Pacific Patrol Boat upgraded». 29 de septiembre de 2009. Consultado el 26 de junio de 2018. «The 31.5-metre PPBs are built to a commercial standard and are used by Pacific nations for maritime surveillance and response, in particular fisheries patrols.»
↑ Fiona Walsh (4 de octubre de 2013). "International Fleet Review: seven to watch for when the ships come in". The Guardian. Consultado el 25 de junio de 2019. «Voea Savea is part of the tiny Tongan Maritime Force, which has a fleet of just half a dozen vessels and 130 sailors. The Voea Saveo has a crew of 14 to18 sailors, a speed of 20 knots, weighs 162 tonnes when fully loaded and is 31.5m long».
↑ "Report on Unnamed (Tonga) — March 1999". Smithsonian Institute. Marzo de 1999. Consultado el 26 de junio de 2019. «On 15 January a survey team, including two geologists from the Ministry of Land, Survey, and Natural Resources, inspected the island from the deck of the VOEA Savea, according to a report in the Tonga Chronicle. At that time the island had disappeared beneath the ocean surface, but the site was still emitting smoke and fumes».
↑ "VOEA Savea Rescues Yacht 'SANTANA'. Government of Tonga. 26 de agosto de 2009. Consultado el 25 de junio de 2019. «The only surviving crew member has reported that Santana captain fell overboard three days ago. According to the interview by Savea of the crew man, he said that since did not know how to operate the yacht or the communication equipment onboard, he could not recover the captain. He said the Captain wore a life jacket».
↑ "Completion of VOEA NEIAFU Refit by Australia" Archivado el 31 de octubre de 2018 en Wayback Machine.. Government of Tonga. 6 de octubre de 2017. Consultado el 26 de junio de 2018. «On completion of the refit package, the boat was handed over to the crew under the command of Lieutenant Commander Semisi Tapueluelu for work-up on upgraded systems and preparations for passage back to Tonga».

Datos: Q65051090

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