Derivatives / Succeeded by 2010 Protector OPV class Specifications 85crew 1910full load (tn) 81length (m) 12beam (m) 4.30draught (m) 7000range (nm) 20max speed (knots) 2Naval Engine diesel 2Naval Gun single 20 mm Aircraft Typical Max Irish Air Corps SNIA Alouette III 11 Irish Air Corps SNIA SA365F Dauphin 2 11 Shipyards Verlome Dockyard - Rushbrooke1 List of Ships Filter: AllIE - Irish Naval Service .......... 1NZ - Royal New Zealand Navy .......... 2 Hide Transfers Hide derivatives 19842022Irish Naval ServiceP31LÉ EithneEIYS2010--Royal New Zealand NavyP55Protector OPV class HMNZS WellingtonZMFS - WGN2010--Royal New Zealand NavyP148Protector OPV class HMNZS OtagoZMKF - OTA3 units Events 1982-dec-15Laid downLaid down P31 LÉ Eithne 1983-dec-19LaunchedLaunched P31 LÉ Eithne 1984-dec-07CommissionedCommissioned P31 LÉ Eithne 2005-jun-24DeploymentDeployment P31 LÉ Eithne Fleet Review: Trafalgar 200 Present at Trafalgar 200 Fleet Review, off Browndown anchorage 2005-jul-01Port VisitPort Visit P31 LÉ Eithne Present at International Festival of the Sea in Portsmouth 2006-feb-06DeploymentDeployment P31 LÉ Eithne Departed for 2 month goodwill visit to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, returning to Cork on 7 Apr 2006 2022-julDecommissionedDecommissioned P31 LÉ Eithne End of life. Possibility of becoming a museum ship, pending Irish Gov decision on viability.
Eithne class
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