 Lomor on patrol, 3 July 2018 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Marshall Islands | |
| Name | Lomor |
| Operator | Marshall Islands |
| Launched | 1991 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Ship in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Pacific Forum-class patrol boat |
| Displacement | 162 tons |
| Length | 103 feet (31 m) |
RMIS Lomor (03) is a Pacific Forum-class patrol boat operated by the Republic of Marshall Islands Sea Patrol.[1] Lomor is one of twenty-two small patrol vessels Australia designed and built for smaller fellow members of the Pacific Forum, after the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea extended control of a 200-kilometre (108 nmi) exclusive economic zone for all maritime nations.[2][3]
In 2006 the Lomor worked with the Greenpeace ship Esperanza on fishery patrol.[4]
In September 2012 Lomor, working with the Australian Defence Force, and the United States Coast Guard, to help locate a mariner lost in Marshall Island waters.[5]
In February 2018 Lomor and RKS Teanoai performed a joint patrol of their waters.[6] In July Lomor engaged in joint exercises with the United States Coast Guard cutter Oliver F. Berry, a similar-sized vessel.[1]
In July Oliver Berry's crew set a new milestone by deploying over the horizon to the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The 4,400 nautical mile trip marked marking the furthest deployment of an FRC to date for the Coast Guard and is the first deployment of its kind in the Pacific.
Australia has gifted 22 patrol boats and one landing craft to 12 different Pacific island countries. RMI has one.
The program involves 22 Australian-gifted patrol boats to 12 Pacific island countries, the majority of which are operated by police services.
Greenpeace and fisheries authorities from Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and Kiribati have, over the course of seven weeks, undertaken joint surveillance and enforcement exercises in the Pacific. The work included patrolling the exclusive economic zones (EEZ) of both nations, and boarding and inspecting fishing vessels found in these areas. The collaboration has exposed some key findings about the nature of illegal, unreported and unregulated IUU fishing in the Pacific.
The LOMOR was able to determine that the vessel spotted was the missing vessel and later provided assistance to the operator with getting fuel and conducting repairs in order to escort the missing boat back to Jaluit.
Patrol vessels Teanoai from the Republic of Kiribati and Lomor from Marshall Islands conducted joint operations and open ocean exercises last week following Teanoai's arrival in Majuro Thursday.
