LÉ Samuel Beckett
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LÉ Samuel Beckett (P61) is a Samuel Beckett-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) of the Irish Naval Service. The ship was launched in November 2013 and commissioned in May 2014.[8] She is named after Irish playwright and author Samuel Beckett.[1]
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LÉ Samuel Beckett in 2014 | |
History | |
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Ireland | |
Name | LÉ Samuel Beckett |
Namesake | Samuel Beckett, Irish playwright and author[1] |
Ordered | October 2010[2] |
Builder | Babcock Marine Appledore, North Devon[2][3] |
Cost | €71 million[4][5] |
Laid down | 19 May 2012[6] |
Launched | November 2013[7] |
Acquired | January 2014[1] |
Commissioned | 17 May 2014[8] |
Identification | |
Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Samuel Beckett-class offshore patrol vessel |
Displacement | 2,256 tonnes Standard[3] |
Length | 90.00 m (295.28 ft)[3] |
Beam | 14.00 m (45.93 ft)[7] |
Draught | 3.8 m (12 ft) |
Installed power | 10,000 kW (13,000 hp)[9] |
Propulsion | 2 x Wärtsilä diesel engines[9] |
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Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi)[3] |
Boats & landing craft carried | 3 MST 8 m (26 ft) RHIBS[citation needed] |
Complement | 54 (44 crew + 10 trainees)[10] |
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Aviation facilities | UAV capabilities only[11][12][13] |
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Like other OPVs in the Irish Naval Service, the ship's primary mission is fisheries protection, search and rescue, and maritime protection operations, including vessel boardings.[3]