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LÉ Samuel Beckett (P61)
LÉ ''Samuel Beckett'' (P61) is a (OPV) of the Irish Naval Service. The ship was launched in November 2013 and commissioned in May 2014. She is named after Irish playwright and author Samuel Beckett. Like other OPVs in the Irish Naval Service, the ship's primary mission is fisheries protection, search and rescue, and maritime protection operations, including vessel boardings. Development Design In October 2010, the Irish Naval Service ordered a number of new offshore patrol vessels from Babcock Marine, a UK-based shipbuilder operating out of Appledore, North Devon. The first two vessels were named ''Samuel Beckett'' and respectively, and planned to replace (decommissioned September 2013; sold October 2013) and (decommissioned January 2015; commissioned in the Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta June 2015). Like the ''Róisín''-class OPV, ''Samuel Beckett'' was designed by Vard Marine to a VARD 7 series design. Although similar to the ''Róisín''-class O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LÉ Samuel Beckett
LÉ ''Samuel Beckett'' (P61) is a (OPV) of the Irish Naval Service. The ship was launched in November 2013 and commissioned in May 2014. She is named after Irish playwright and author Samuel Beckett. Like other OPVs in the Irish Naval Service, the ship's primary mission is fisheries protection, search and rescue, and maritime protection operations, including vessel boarding (attack), boardings. Development Design In October 2010, the Irish Naval Service ordered a number of new offshore patrol vessels from Babcock Marine, a UK-based shipbuilder operating out of Appledore, North Devon. The first two vessels were named ''Samuel Beckett'' and respectively, and planned to replace (decommissioned September 2013; sold October 2013) and (decommissioned January 2015; commissioned in the Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta June 2015). Like the LÉ Róisín (P51), ''Róisín''-class OPV, ''Samuel Beckett'' was designed by Vard Marine to a VARD 7 series design. Although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |