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IRISH NAVAL SERVICE (EIRE)

ESCORTS

EMER patrol ships (1978-1980)

Emer 1990

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate

Emer

P21

 

Verolme, Cork

28.2.1977

269/1977

16.1.1978

discarded 9.2013, to Nigeria (Prosperity)

Aoife P22  

Verolme, Cork

3.7.1978 12.4.1979 29.11.1979 discarded 1.2015, to Malta (P62)
Aisling P23  

Verolme, Cork

31.1.1979 3.10.1979 21.5.1980 discarded 6.2016, to Libya (الكرامة [Al Karama])

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

1003

Length, m

58.5 pp 65.2 oa

Breadth, m

10.4

Draught, m

4.36

No of shafts

1

Machinery

2 SEMT-Pielstick 6PA6 L280 diesels

Power, h. p.

4800

Max speed, kts

18.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 170

Endurance, nm(kts) 6750(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7

Electronic equipment

2x Racal Decca radars, Simrad SU sonar

Complement

46

Project history: Modified Deirdre with lengthened hull and raised forecastle to improve seakeeping, mre powerful machinery and improved accommodation.

Modernizations: 1989, all: + 2 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01, Radamec 1500 e/o system

mid-1990s, all: - 2x Racal Decca radars; + Kelvin-Hughes Mk IV, Kelvin-Hughes Mk VI radars

Naval service: No significant events.

Aisling 2008

 

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