LÉ Eithne

Update 18.09.2024
Current Name LÉ Eithne
Ships Sign P 31
IMO 8208141
Call Sign EIYS
Operator Irish Naval Service, Haulbowline, Co. Cork, Ireland
Owner Ministry of Defence (Ireland), Newbridge, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Flag Ireland
Port of Registry Cork
Type of Ship patrol corvette
Completion 1984
Shipyard Verolme Cork Dockyards Ltd., Cobh, Ireland
Displacement [t] 1.915
Overall Length [m] 81,00
Registered Breadth [m] 12,00
Maximum Draught [m] 4,30
Propulsion [KW] 5.296
Propulsion [BHP] 7.200
Speed [Kn] 20,0
Additional Information single ship - "Eithne" class patrol corvette - main armament: 1x 57-mm gun Bofors SAK Mk 1, 2x single 20-mm Rheinmetall AA gun, 1 multipurpose helicopter Eurocopter AS.365 Dauphin II - on June 5th 2024 the ship arrived Ghent, Belgium for demolition by Van Heyghen Recycling N.V. - the work began the same day
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