History | |
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Ireland | |
Name | LÉ James Joyce |
Namesake | James Joyce, Irish novelist and poet |
Ordered | October 2010 |
Builder | Babcock Marine Appledore, North Devon |
Cost | €71 million [2] |
Laid down | November 2013 |
Launched | 23 November 2014 |
Sponsored by | Carol Joyce |
Christened | 1 September 2015 [1] |
Commissioned | 1 September 2015 [1] |
Identification |
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Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Samuel Beckett-class offshore patrol vessel |
Displacement | 2,256 tonnes Standard [3] |
Length | 90.00 m (295.28 ft) |
Beam | 14.00 m (45.93 ft) |
Speed |
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Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) |
Complement | 54 (44 crew + 10 trainees) [5] |
Armament |
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Aviation facilities | UAV capable [4] |
LÉ James Joyce (P62) is a Samuel Beckett-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) which was built by Babcock Marine Appledore for the Irish Naval Service. [6] [7] Although criticised by a descendant of the author, [8] [9] the ship was named for writer James Joyce. [10] [11]
In October 2010, the Irish Naval Service ordered a number of new offshore patrol vessels from Babcock Marine, a UK-based shipbuilder operating out of Appledore, North Devon. Like the similar Róisín-class OPV, James Joyce was designed by Vard Marine. [12]
In July 2013, the name of the vessel, James Joyce was announced by the Minister for Defence Alan Shatter in Dáil Éireann. [13]
The ship was completed and floated out of the shipyard in November 2014. [14] Following sea-trials and a number of delays it was delivered to the Naval Service in mid-2015. [11] [15] [16] The official naming and commissioning ceremony was held at Dún Laoghaire on 1 September 2015. [1] In November 2016, personnel from the LÉ James Joyce boarded the FV Margiris as part of a fisheries inspection. [17] [18]
LÉ James Joyce, which arrived in the Naval Base at Haulbowline in Co Cork last Friday
History | |
---|---|
Ireland | |
Name | LÉ James Joyce |
Namesake | James Joyce, Irish novelist and poet |
Ordered | October 2010 |
Builder | Babcock Marine Appledore, North Devon |
Cost | €71 million [2] |
Laid down | November 2013 |
Launched | 23 November 2014 |
Sponsored by | Carol Joyce |
Christened | 1 September 2015 [1] |
Commissioned | 1 September 2015 [1] |
Identification |
|
Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Samuel Beckett-class offshore patrol vessel |
Displacement | 2,256 tonnes Standard [3] |
Length | 90.00 m (295.28 ft) |
Beam | 14.00 m (45.93 ft) |
Speed |
|
Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) |
Complement | 54 (44 crew + 10 trainees) [5] |
Armament |
|
Aviation facilities | UAV capable [4] |
LÉ James Joyce (P62) is a Samuel Beckett-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) which was built by Babcock Marine Appledore for the Irish Naval Service. [6] [7] Although criticised by a descendant of the author, [8] [9] the ship was named for writer James Joyce. [10] [11]
In October 2010, the Irish Naval Service ordered a number of new offshore patrol vessels from Babcock Marine, a UK-based shipbuilder operating out of Appledore, North Devon. Like the similar Róisín-class OPV, James Joyce was designed by Vard Marine. [12]
In July 2013, the name of the vessel, James Joyce was announced by the Minister for Defence Alan Shatter in Dáil Éireann. [13]
The ship was completed and floated out of the shipyard in November 2014. [14] Following sea-trials and a number of delays it was delivered to the Naval Service in mid-2015. [11] [15] [16] The official naming and commissioning ceremony was held at Dún Laoghaire on 1 September 2015. [1] In November 2016, personnel from the LÉ James Joyce boarded the FV Margiris as part of a fisheries inspection. [17] [18]
LÉ James Joyce, which arrived in the Naval Base at Haulbowline in Co Cork last Friday