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Originally posted by danno View PostAt least until the older units get paid off.
Lighten up. Be positive.
By the end of next year there will be in the irish Naval Service:
4 x P60 type.
2 x P50 type
2 x P40 type
1 x P30 type.
No matter what way you add that up, the total comes to 9, and the white paper (which sets out defence policy) has committed to replacing hull for hull as the P30 and P40 class retire. The Strategy statement has copperfastened this. The only question is what the P30 and P40 replacements will look like.Last edited by na grohmiti; 25 December 2016, 11:49.For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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Originally posted by na grohmità View PostWho pissed in your cornflakes sir? All your recent posts have been depressingly negative.
Lighten up. Be positive.
By the end of this year there will be in the irish Naval Service:
4 x P60 type.
2 x P50 type
2 x P40 type
1 x P30 type.
No matter what way you add that up, the total comes to 9, and the white paper (which sets out defence policy) has committed to replacing hull for hull as the P30 and P40 class retire. The Strategy statement has copperfastened this. The only question is what the P30 and P40 replacements will look like.
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Originally posted by DeV View PostAll the P30s are decommissioned.
There is:
Eithne
Ciara
Orla
Roisin
Niamh
Samuel Beckett
James Joyce
William Butler Yeats
The 4th of the Beckett class won't be in service till 2018.
All the P20's are decommissioned. When P64 enters service, there will be no ship decommissioned.
Two ships are required to replace the P40's, and one will be required to replace the Flagship, that will leave a 9 ship fleet.
When a design is approved for P31, and a tender issued, it will be interesting to see if an option for a second is included. That would be the first hint at a 10 ship fleet.
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