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Couple of points...they are not P20s, they are P21s...Deirdre was sole of class and significantly different to Emer and her sisters.
they are not OPVs, merely PVs
OPV is Roisin and Niamh, CPV is Ciara and Orla, Eithne is /was a HPV.. P21s are just PVs.....no one in the service ever referred to them as anything else,.
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OPV is Roisin and Niamh, CPV is Ciara and Orla, Eithne is /was a HPV.. P21s are just PVs.....no one in the service ever referred to them as anything else,.
The Naval Service call them OPVs and call Roisin and Niamh LPVs.
Murph is right,the cost of prepping for a sinkex to remove all contaminants etc would be a pure waste of lolly,if they had useful life keep them going ,if not flog them off.In relation to breaking,several dredgers and tenders were scrapped in 'Ross 2 years ago,proper job in the old barge factory dock,no need to run then up on a mudbank for the natives etc.
Couple of points...they are not P20s, they are P21s...Deirdre was sole of class and significantly different to Emer and her sisters.
they are not OPVs, merely PVs
OPV is Roisin and Niamh, CPV is Ciara and Orla, Eithne is /was a HPV.. P21s are just PVs.....no one in the service ever referred to them as anything else,.
Roisin and Niamh are known in the NS as LPVs(Long Patrol Vessels)
Officially the PVs are known as OPVs as well officially within the service. (PVs is a type of slang used for those ships)
Tell ya what, Murph. Just for you, we'll put a 105 on a barge and tow it out to the Sinkex area so you can "fire on the up". We'll even bring along a 90mm AML so you can watch the HEAT rounds striking the hull.And then sink the AML as a dive target.......danno, I was actually joking about grounding a hull but I'd say the Travellers would even clear away the oil stains.
What a pity there is no proper future thinking in Ireland. We've dumped/blown up so much of our military history already, and there still seems to be no will to shout "No More!" Something as uniquely Irish as these ship deserves preservation. We need a proper military museum, over the course of 20 years it could develop into a substantial enough attraction. The old Clancy Barracks would have been a perfect location. Deirdre or one of the others could have (somehow!) been displayed in the Liffey on/near site. With room for Eithne when the time comes. And space for a hangar for AC aircraft. God, dreams are a terrible thing!
What a pity there is no proper future thinking in Ireland. We've dumped/blown up so much of our military history already, and there still seems to be no will to shout "No More!" Something as uniquely Irish as these ship deserves preservation. We need a proper military museum, over the course of 20 years it could develop into a substantial enough attraction. The old Clancy Barracks would have been a perfect location. Deirdre or one of the others could have (somehow!) been displayed in the Liffey on/near site. With room for Eithne when the time comes. And space for a hangar for AC aircraft. God, dreams are a terrible thing!
Thank You.
I appear to the only Irish person on here who thinks like/agrees with you.
We have had a 'poor history' when it comes to retaining former-military aircraft/vehicles/ships.
However in recent times great strides have been made in preserving retired Air Corps aircraft
and ex-Army vehicles. Perhaps now is the time to finally retain an ex-Naval Service vessel?!
What a pity there is no proper future thinking in Ireland. We've dumped/blown up so much of our military history already, and there still seems to be no will to shout "No More!" Something as uniquely Irish as these ship deserves preservation. We need a proper military museum, over the course of 20 years it could develop into a substantial enough attraction. The old Clancy Barracks would have been a perfect location. Deirdre or one of the others could have (somehow!) been displayed in the Liffey on/near site. With room for Eithne when the time comes. And space for a hangar for AC aircraft. God, dreams are a terrible thing!
how the fcuk do propose to sink a 1000 ton ship with a 105mm...Sink exs take place up to 200 miles away from the coast
Well, y'know the heli deck on Eithne? Well, first you get some chains ...
Seriously, sell the ships. At auction. Set a reserve price. Open tenders. Take cheque, use it to pay for the armament (or part thereof) for the P60s. Go home.
TWO Irish-built and designed navy patrol ships are to be sold off after 40 years of service.
LE Emer and sister ship LE Aoife were built between 1978 and 1980 in the Verolme dockyard, in Cobh, Co Cork.
The first ship of four in the Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) class built in Cork in 1972, the LE Deirdre, was decommissioned in 2001 and sold for €190,000. She was later converted into a luxury yacht.
The two ships will be replaced by two new OPVs – in a contract worth more than €99m – which are being built for the Naval Service at Appledore shipyard in Devon in the UK.
The first of the new ships is scheduled for delivery early next year. The second will follow in 2015.
LE Emer undertook the first ever deployment of an Irish naval ship to resupply Irish troops serving with the United Nations in Lebanon in 1978.
EXPLOSION
The Aoife played a major role in locating the flight recorder of the Air India Boeing 747 Jumbo airliner, which crashed off the Irish south coast in 1985 after a bomb explosion, killing 329 people on board.
The Department of Defence is seeking expressions of interest for the sale of Emer and Aoife by May 23 next.
The two new OPVs are designed to serve for up to 40 years, mainly in the North Atlantic, out to Ireland's 200 mile European Economic Zone limit and beyond.
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