LÉ Aoife
Irish Offshore Patrol Vessel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
LÉ Aoife (P22) of the Irish Naval Service, now known as P62 of the Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta, was built as an offshore patrol vessel in 1978.
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Aoife at Haulbowline in March 2008 | |
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Name | LÉ Aoife |
Namesake | Aoife, step-mother to the children of Lir |
Builder | Verolme Dockyard, Cork |
Laid down | 3 July 1978 |
Launched | 12 April 1979 |
Commissioned | 29 November 1979 |
Decommissioned | 31 January 2015 |
Homeport | Haulbowline Naval Base |
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Fate | Donated to Malta, 2015 |
Malta | |
Name | P62 |
Commissioned | 26 June 2015 |
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Status | in active service |
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Class and type | Emer-class offshore patrol vessel |
Displacement | 1019.5 tonnes standard |
Length | 65.2 m (214 ft) overall |
Beam | 10.5 m (34 ft) |
Draught | 4.4 m (14 ft) |
Speed | 31.5 km/h (17.0 kn) maximum |
Complement | 46 (5 officers and 41 ratings ) |
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Serving the Irish Naval Service since 1979, Aoife was decommissioned by Ireland in 2015, and donated to the Armed Forces of Malta. It was commissioned as the patrol boat P62 on 28 June 2015.[1]