|
Current Name |
LÉ Orla |
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Previous Name |
HMS Swift (P 243) (until 1988) |
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Ships Sign |
P 41 |
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IMO |
8119338 |
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Call Sign |
EIYQ |
|
Operator |
Irish Naval Service, Haulbowline, Co. Cork, Ireland |
|
Owner |
Ministry of Defence (Ireland), Newbridge, Co. Kildare, Ireland |
|
Flag |
Ireland |
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Port of Registry |
Cork |
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Type of Ship |
patrol corvette |
|
Completion |
1985 |
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Shipyard |
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited, Aberdeen, Schottland, United Kingdom |
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Building No. |
992 |
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Displacement [t] |
712 |
|
Overall Length [m] |
62,60 |
|
Registered Breadth [m] |
10,00 |
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Maximum Draught [m] |
2,72 |
|
Propulsion [KW] |
10.435 |
|
Propulsion [BHP] |
14.188 |
|
Speed [Kn] |
25,0 |
|
Additional Information |
2nd patrol corvette and originally 5th ship of the former UK "Peacock" class (5 vessels, of which 2 vessels were sold to Ireland in 1988) - main armament: 1x 76-mm gun Oto Melara Compact DP, 2x single 12.7-mm mg - on April 25th 2024 the ship arrived Ghent, Belgium for demolition by Van Heyghen Recycling N.V. - the work began the same day |
