PSS Remeliik
| History | |
|---|---|
| Palau | |
| Name | PSS President H.I. Remeliik |
| Namesake | Haruo Remeliik |
| Builder | Australian Shipbuilding Industries |
| Acquired | May 1996 |
| Decommissioned | March 13, 2020 |
| Status | retired |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Pacific-class patrol boat |
| Displacement | 162 tonnes full load |
| Length | 31.5 m (103 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 8.1 m (26 ft 7 in) |
| Draught | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 Caterpillar 3516TA diesel engines, 2,100 kW (2,820 hp), 2 shafts |
| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Range | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Endurance | 10 days |
PSS Remeliik is a Pacific Forum-class patrol boat, designed and built in Australia, and donated to Palau, to help the nation patrol its exclusive economic zone.
In 1982, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea increased all nations' exclusive economic zones (EEZs) to 200 kilometres (120 mi). After the agreement Pacific Forum meetings triggered Australia to design a class of small patrol boats to give to twelve small nations, including Palau, that were suddenly dwarfed by their EEZs.
Remeliik was designed for a lifetime of 20 years, and Australia was scheduled to replace it with a Guardian-class patrol boat in 2019. Remeliik II is expected to be handed over in June 2020.