Irish Naval Service
The
Irish Naval Service
is the
navy
of the
Republic of Ireland
and is one of the three standing branches of the
Irish Defence Forces
. Naval service vessels are all named with traditional Irish female names, taken from history and
Irish mythology
. The
ship prefix
L
stands for
Long ireannach
, "Irish ship" in the
Irish language
.
Current strength
The Navy has eight offshore patrol vessels:
L
Emer
(P21)
L
Aoife
(P22)
L
Aisling
(P23)
L
Eithne
(P31)
L
Orla
(P41)
L
Ciara
(P42)
L
Niamh
(P52)
L
Risn
(P51)
Decommissioned
L
Deirdre
(P20)
L
Grainne
(CM10)
L
Banba
(CM11)
L
Fola
(CM12)
L
Macha
(01)
L
Maev
(02)
L
Cliona
(03)
History
External links
Official website
Current ships
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