Samuel Beckett-class offshore patrol vessel
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The Samuel Beckett-class offshore patrol vessel is a class of offshore patrol vessels (OPV) ordered by the Irish Naval Service from October 2010. The first vessel is named Samuel Beckett and was commissioned in May 2014.[7] Construction on this first vessel commenced in November 2011,[8][9][10] A further three vessels were named James Joyce, William Butler Yeats and George Bernard Shaw, and delivered in 2015, 2016 and 2018 respectively.[7][11][12]
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Samuel Beckett shortly after commissioning | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Samuel Beckett class |
Builders | Appledore Shipbuilders |
Operators | Irish Naval Service |
Preceded by | Róisín class |
Cost | €71.9 million[1][2][3][4] per unit including main gun |
In commission | As of December 2018[update] |
Planned | 4 |
Completed | 4 |
Active | 4 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Offshore patrol vessel |
Displacement | 2,256 tonnes |
Length | 90 m (295 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 14 m (45 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)[5] |
Propulsion | Two Wärtsilä medium speed diesel engines (5,440 kW (7,300 hp) each) 450 kW bow thruster |
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Range | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)[6] |
Endurance | 21 days |
Boats & landing craft carried | 3 × 8 m (26 ft) RHIB |
Capacity | 3 × 6.1 m (20 ft) sea container, 1 x 5 ton, 9.56 m (31.4 ft) crane aft |
Complement | 44 + up to 10 trainees |
Sensors and processing systems | Fire control: Electro Optical |
Armament |
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Aviation facilities | UAV only[5] |
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