The Republic of Fiji Navy or Fijian Navy is the naval branch of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces. Formerly known as the Royal Fijian Navy,Annual Reports for the Year 1975, Mineral Resources Department, 1975, page 107 it was established after Fiji ratified the recently created 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The Convention established that maritime nations had an Exclusive Economic Zone of 200 kilometres, which extended Fiji's waters twentyfold, from to over , necessitating a more substantial naval force to enforce Fijian jurisdiction and protect economic activity in the Fijian EEZ.
Fiji was provided three Pacific Forum patrol vessels, designed and built by Australia, so its Pacific Forum neighbours could police their own sovereignty.
Captain Humphrey Tawake is the current Chief officer of the Fijian Navy.
Fleet , oceanic survey vessel donated by South Korea, in use since 2019 , hydrographic survey vessel donated by China, in use since 2019, Fiji's largest vessel, with a crew complement of about 30 , the first of two Guardian-class patrol vessels, to be built in Australia (403) commissioned in early 2025 to replace
Decommissioned vessels (402), the second Guardian-class patrol vessel, commissioned in 2024. It ran aground in June 2024 and was later decommissioned. , Pacific Forum patrol vessel, decommissioned in 2023 , Pacific Forum patrol vessel, Decommissioned in 2020 , Pacific Forum patrol vessel, Decommissioned in 2016 RFNS Vai (301), Dabur-class patrol boat RFNS Ogo (302), Dabur-class patrol boat RFNS Saku (303), Dabur-class patrol boat RFNS Saqa (304), Dabur-class patrol boat RFNS Levouka (101) RFNS Lautoka (102)
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