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SAMUEL BECKETT patrol ships (2014-2019)

Samuel Beckett 2015

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate

Samuel Beckett

P61

 

Babcock Marine, Appledore, UK

18.5.2012

3.11.2013

28.4.2014

in service (2019)

James Joyce P62  

Babcock Marine, Appledore, UK

4.11.2013 23.11.2014 1.9.2015 in service (2019)
William Butler Yeats P63  

Babcock Marine, Appledore, UK

26.11.2014 10.3.2016 17.10.2016 in service (2019)
George Bernard Shaw P64  

Babcock Marine, Appledore, UK

28.2.2017 2.3.2018 30.4.2019 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

1930

Displacement full, t

2225

Length, m

89.5

Breadth, m

14.0

Draught, m

3.80

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Wärstilä 16V26 diesels

Power, h. p.

13600

Max speed, kts

23

Fuel, t

diesel oil 251

Endurance, nm(kts) 6000(15)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact SR, 2 x 1 - 20/90 Mk 20 Rh202, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 4 x 1 - 7.6/90

Electronic equipment

2x Sharp Eye radars, Sea Eagle e/o system

Complement

44 + 10 passengers

Project history: Enlarged Róisín. Carry 3 8m MST inspection launches.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Samuel Beckett 2014

 

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