What ever happened to her after they decomissioned her?
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L.E. Deirdre
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According to Jim Brady in his book "The Irish Navy, What a Life"(ISBN 0952844737) She was sold for £180,000 plus auctioneers feesand left Cork Harbour in October 2001,stripped of all but essential superstructure and Living quarters. She was then sent to a German Shipyard for Conversion and now operates in the Mediteranian as a Luxury Yacht for charter,renamed Tosca IV.
Here is her as she was being stripped and repainted in Cork Dockyard.Attached Files
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
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From Irish Sea Shipping
LE DEIRDRE [P20] was sold at public auction this week for IR£190,000. She was purchased by the English yacht chartering company Seastream International for conversion into a luxury charter yacht. Speaking on the Radio a Seastram spokesman appeared pleased with their bargain as they had been prepared to bid up to IR£500,000! The auction starting price had been IR£60,000.
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Seastream usually only deal with smaller yachts. Its possible that this was a new venture for them,of unknown success. A Photo of her used to appear on their website,but all details of this is now gone,apart from whats below..
can anyone enlarge .gifs?Attached Files
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
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She was in pretty good nick for a 30 year old vessel. However it was said to me that towards the end of her service,she was unable to leave Cork Harbour without blowing a gasket or a seal somewhere in the engine room.
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
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