Template:Active Irish Naval Service Vessels
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Sorted by tonnage.
Class | Picture | Type | Ships | No. | Comm. | Displacement | Note |
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Patrol vessels | |||||||
Samuel Beckett class | ![]() |
Offshore patrol vessel (OPV) | LÉ Samuel Beckett | P61 | 2014 | 2,256 tonnes | |
LÉ James Joyce | P62 | 2015 | In reserve since August 2023 [1] | ||||
LÉ William Butler Yeats | P63 | 2016 | |||||
LÉ George Bernard Shaw | P64 | 2019[2] | In reserve since August 2023 [1] | ||||
Róisín class | ![]() |
Large patrol vessel (LPV) | LÉ Róisín | P51 | 1999 | 1,500 tonnes | In reserve as of January 2023.[3] |
LÉ Niamh | P52 | 2001 | In reserve since January 2023.[3] | ||||
Lake class | ![]() |
Inshore patrol vessel (IPV) | LÉ Aoibhinn[4] | P71 | Planned for 2024 | 340 tonnes | Undertaking "Maritime Defence and Security Operations" in July 2024[5] |
LÉ Gobnait[4] | P72 | Planned for 2024 | Undergoing workups to initial operating capability[citation needed] |
- ^ a b Gallagher, Conor (23 August 2023). "Naval Service left with two ships to patrol Irish waters due to manpower crisis". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ McDermott, Stephen (30 April 2019). "Ireland's fourth offshore patrol vessel, the LÉ George Bernard Shaw, has been officially commissioned". TheJournal.ie. Dublin. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ a b O'Connor, Niall (25 January 2023). "Two naval ships to be tied up as staffing crisis deepens in Irish Navy". thejournal.ie. Journal Media Ltd. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Micheál Martin names the two Naval Service Inshore Patrol Vessels (IPVs)" (Press release). Department of Defence. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024 – via gov.ie.
- ^ @naval_service (26 July 2024). "LÉ Aoibhinn (#P71) on Maritime Defence and Security Operations off the East Coast, passing the Arklow Bank Wind Farm" – via Instagram.